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I have been selling real estate for fifteen years and do a lot of REO listings. I have one today that I accepted. The people that lost it are going thru divorce and the man is only staying there one or two days a week. Most of their stuff was already moved out. I was told to rekey the property, to disconnect their utilities if they were still on and put them back on in company name.
My question is- Do I need to track down these people and see if they are coming to get the rest of their things or should I hire someone to come in and haul it away. The furnishings and stuff inside is all junk, but there is Riding Lawn Mower and a semi Truck and tow truck in the yard. Does anyone know what the law says about personal property left at the home that was lost. I would love for them to come get the vehichles out of the yard and the lawn mower. On the other hand I do not want to let them back into the house to gather the rest of the junk because I am afraid they will damage it even more. Could I get in trouble somehow by having the interior cleaned up and trash hauled away or would that be like stealing property?
I searched the board and couldnt find anything on this. I have not had an REO in the past where they were still kind of living in the house. The only other ones I have gotten, they had left most of their stuff there when they moved and I hired someone to come and clean up and haul off.
I would appreciate any thoughts on this. I live in Louisiana and tried to look it up under state laws. The only thing I got out of that was if they had left their belongings because of war, death in family, or they were in hospital.
Thanks,
Athena

I had couple sign contract for purchase of home. We were suppose to rewrite it to up the closing cost into the loan because they didnt want to spend their money. In other words, they were approved for the first contract.
They backed out and put another contract in on another house. I advised them since they just backed out without reason, they would loose deposit.
I have never had to do this before, do I
A: Send it to my local MLS board to mitigate
B Send it to Real Estate Commission for them to mitigate it
or do I
C Send it to the Sellers who are out money for termite and other repairs that was done for the original contract.
Thanks