Landlord guides

Guides for a landlord who is thinking about selling

We buy rentals, so we wrote these the way we would explain it to another landlord over coffee. Each one points to the rule it relies on, so you can check us.

Deciding whether to sell

Start here if you are tired but not sure.

Should you sell, and to whom?

Keep it, list it, offer it to your tenant, or sell straight to a buyer. Where each one fits and where it does not.

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Tax on selling a rental

What the sale can do to your tax bill, and the questions to ask your accountant before you sign anything.

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Your tenants and the sale

The part that decides most of your real options.

Selling with tenants in place

What happens to the lease, what notice a walk-through takes, and what to tell the people who live there.

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Security deposits at the sale

Who holds each deposit after closing, and how to keep the old owner and new owner straight.

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Ending a tenancy lawfully

How a notice works for each kind of lease, and the things a landlord must never do to get a unit empty.

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Duluth paperwork

The city has its own rental rules.

Duluth license and handoff list

The license transfer, who files it, and a list you can print for closing day.

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Common landlord questions

Short answers about tenants, price, closing, and what asking costs you.

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Done being a landlord?

Tell us the address and who's living there. We own rental property around here ourselves, so we read a lease the way a landlord does.

(218) 673-3221

We are the buyer you deal with. Asking what we would pay costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

Ask what we would pay for the rental

We read a lease the way a landlord does, and we call you back ourselves.