Should We Evict A Family Member?

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[AO-nrkl]

Do not say 'What mom wants to do' they will call her and harass her. Man up and be the bad guy if you need to be but let your mom just go about her business.

[aolvaar]

Sell home to a corporate investor, pack bags, leave.
The new owner will deal with it, harshly.

[Mistak-debp]

When he said NY state I know that this will not be easy to evict and will be expensive. Speaking from experience.

[robr]

So let's be clear....are they paying rent and just don't want to move? Because if so just give them a few months notice to move. He's NOT BEING CLEAR OF THE ISSUE

[tonypreston]

Tough love is sometimes the only way. It doesn’t mean you don’t care. Enabling can do more to hurt people than help.

[annstillwell]

Send them a certified letter and legally they have to get 30 days notice.

[templemanning]

Offer them a cash 'incentive' to leave by September 15th at midnight. Of course they aren't entitled to anything, but it will be cheaper than going through a lengthy eviction process, because they will stop paying rent once that process starts.

[ChristopherInTexas]

Terrible answer Dave. Offer your family the opportunity to buy. If not then proceed to let them know the home will be sold. The caller wants to sell not the 82 year old mom. The caller is weak.

[miketracy]

So they have been paying rent but mostly trying to sell a rental with occupants who do not want to move is very difficult.
Dave gave a great answer.

[liasilva]

Cash for keys would be a good option. They can leave the house in excellent condition with all their belongings gone for a sum of cash the cost of eviction plus clean up divided instead plus a little extra if the mom has it maybe a months rent for each tenant on top of dividing those expected costs if they will comply to avoid those expenses. That’s what I would propose

[westbccoast]

Sounds like there is more to the story, caller is being very vague probably intentionally.

[offgridjack]

Don't let them drag it into winter in New York. Some states, you can't evict anyone in winter. Get them out ASAP.

[claudemartelly]

Yeah NY is very hard to take someone out.

[bigt]

I'm giving this call a "Thumbs.. 👎". he's to weak ( on the phone .. crying 😭)..and the cousin know it ...his 82 year old Mother is being abused .. and he's.. crying...

[nunyabidnes]

Lol Dave Ramsey calling someone else ignorant is beyond ironic.

[catherinep]

I'm going to be odd one here & say offer 1/3 of the house price when it's sold. Out of respect for callers uncle.

[davinasquirrel]

They feel entitled because the uncle (their father) put in some share. Unfortunately for them, the 'sole survivor' thing was in place.
As some others have suggested, offer the sale of the property a little below market value. If they do not take it, evict them. But it sounds like any proposal, they will drag out for years.
His mother wants to sell up and move, that is the key thing. If they do not want to buy her out (majority share, because survivor/owner), then evict.

[brad]

Id give them an offer to buy it at 10% under retail. Other than that, I wouldn't give them any more concessions

[bethromanowicz]

Can’t they just put the house up for sale? Then they will be forced to leave after the new owners take possession..

[kdilli]

Get the house appraised and offer to sell it to them for 10% below the appraised value. If not, sorry you gone.