Seller, if you are selling a property with tenants in it, the tenants need to be a part of the process. Think about it for a minute. A tenant has no incentive to keep your property in good condition. He has no incentive to keep it clean, picked up or available for showings.
This morning, I had a client travel 1.5 hours to look at a tenant occupied property. When I arrived, a very sleepy and groggy tenant appeared from the second floor announcing that his area would not be available for showing. That was 50% of the second floor bedrooms.
Beyond the barricaded tenant, the house looked like someone opened a 
door and blew tons of stuff into it. There wasn't a room in the house that wasn't cluttered beyond measure, and some of the areas weren't accessible because of the piles of tenant belongings.
These tenants have no incentive to help their landlord sell their living accommodations out from under them. They make it hard to show. It's a pigsty, and it smells bad. Sellers, if you're selling property with pigs tenants in it, the tenants need to be a positive part of the process.
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