On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 4:36:14 AM UTC-10, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
> >
> > On 9/21/2017 11:09 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 9/21/2017 13:07, Gary wrote:
> > >> jmcquown wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Obviously he doesn't know better.Â* When I was (briefly) considering
> > >>> selling my house the real estate agent told me I'd have to repair the
> > >>> wood rot (some of the exterior trim has issues).Â* That would also have
> > >>> involved repainting the house.Â* Both major expenses and would have been
> > >>> my responsibility as the SELLER.
> > >>
> > >> Don't we have a "sell as it is" thing here? Owner doesn't want to
> > >> improve anything, just sell. And buyer knows about the required
> > >> things to fix. They pay less and fix up themselves. Is this not
> > >> true?
> > >>
> > >> If a seller just want's to unload a house, there should be no
> > >> govt requirement to fix things first as long as the problems are
> > >> stated out front and the buyer agrees to it (and the reduced
> > >> price)
> > >>
> > > The difference, Gary, is if the buyer is trying to get a mortgage.Â* John
> > > Kuthe claims he's paying cash.Â* (Still doesn't make sense he'd do all
> > > these repairs and upgrades *before* he owns the house.)
> > >
> > > Sure, you can buy and sell a house "as is".Â* But if a buyer expects to
> > > get a mortgage the lending bank expects they're at least buying a house
> > > that passes inspection.
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > Mortgage is one factor, but in this case, he wants to have tenants and
> > probably needs a license or permit. Unless it is up to code, he could
> > probably buy the place "as is" but would have to kick out the roommies
> > he has.
>
> So why does the owner, who lets it to tenants. not required a
> license/permit and why has the same permit/licence authority not made
> the current owner do the upgrade it's now demanding from John (who
> doesn't own it).
>
> Janet UK

My guess is lots of people rent their rooms out to get some extra income. My guess is that a lot of people modify their homes to be used as rental property without getting any permits. If you try to sell the home and it's claimed as rental property you have to have it inspected by a third party. That's going to be a problem. I suppose you could lie and say it's not being used as rental units. Yeah, that might work.