Kansas City metro
Sell a rental property with tenants in Kansas City
We buy tenant-occupied rentals across the Kansas City metro. You do not need to evict anyone, wait out a lease, or empty the property first. We take it subject to the tenancy and handle it from there.
The lease survives the sale, and that is the whole point
In Missouri and Kansas, a lease is generally binding on a new owner. Selling the building does not terminate the tenancy. Buyers who want a vacant house treat that as a problem and ask you to solve it before closing.
We treat it as the normal condition of the asset. The tenancy transfers to us, the security deposit is credited at closing, and the tenant's arrangement continues.
That is why we do not ask you to evict. Eviction is expensive, slow, hard on everybody, and it usually leaves you paying a mortgage on an empty house for months — which is the exact outcome you were trying to escape.
Month-to-month, fixed-term, and no lease at all
A fixed-term lease runs to its end date and transfers with the property. Note the rent, the end date, and any renewal terms when you contact us.
A month-to-month tenancy transfers too, and can be ended by either side with proper written notice. Missouri requires one month's written notice, taking effect on a rent-paying date. Kansas requires 30 days' written notice, also tied to a rent-paying date. Neither is a same-week process, and getting the effective date wrong restarts it.
A handshake with no written lease is extremely common in small KC rentals and is still a tenancy with legal protections. It does not stop a sale. It does mean we will ask more questions, because there is no document to read.
What to gather before you call
The more accurate this list is, the more accurate the first number is — and the less likely it changes later.
- The lease, or an honest description if there is not one
- Current rent, and what is actually being collected versus what is owed
- Security deposit amount and where it is held
- How far behind the tenant is, if at all
- Any notice served, case filed, or judgment entered
- Whether the tenancy is subsidized, and under which programme
- Known repair requests you have not gotten to
Kansas City has a tenant rights ordinance
Kansas City, Missouri adopted a tenants' bill of rights that adds protections beyond state law, and funds a tenant advocate office alongside it. It has been amended since, and which properties it covers is not obvious from the state statute — for a tenanted house, read the current city ordinance rather than assuming state law is the whole picture. Other metro cities have their own rules, and several require rental licensing or inspection.
You do not need to become an expert in this to sell. You do need to avoid doing something informal — changing the locks, shutting off utilities, or pressuring a tenant to leave so the house shows better. That creates liability for you and can genuinely wreck a sale. Sell it occupied and let the tenancy be our problem.
Being straight about a non-paying tenant
A tenant who has not paid in four months lowers our number. Saying so up front does not. What costs you money is the version where the property is described as performing and the truth surfaces during diligence — that is when a price gets revised or a deal dies.
We buy occupied properties in every state of dysfunction, including active eviction cases and judgments already entered. Tell us plainly where it stands and the first number we give you will be the number we close at.
This is not legal advice. Janam Investments LLC is a real estate investment company, not a law firm and not a licensed brokerage. This page describes how a process generally works so you know what questions to ask. Your situation may differ, and the law changes. Talk to a Missouri or Kansas attorney before making a decision that depends on any of it.
Questions we get asked.
You will need to notify them at some point, and your lease may specify when and how. You do not have to announce it before you have an offer. Many owners wait until a contract is signed — that is normal and reasonable.
Yes. We can price from what you tell us and the exterior, and confirm afterward. Not needing interior access on a schedule is one of the practical advantages of selling to a cash buyer.
It transfers at closing, normally as a credit to us on the settlement statement, and the obligation to return it moves with it. Bring the deposit records — including anything already withheld.
Yes, and it is usually simpler than one at a time. Send the addresses together and we will price them as a package.
Find out what we would pay.
Send the address and we will come back within 24 hours with a written number and the arithmetic behind it. No fee, and no obligation to take it.
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