Family living in your Tulsa property but not helping to pay the bills? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s crazy\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…you try to do something generous, something kind, something selfless, and your family doesn\u2019t even OFFER to help with bills (or they do\u2026 but they don\u2019t follow through). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s frustrating…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Blue Firefly Properties, we\u2019ve worked with TONS of people in exactly your situation. Here\u2019s the advice we usually give. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Create a Contractual Agreement<\/strong> \u2014 Business and family rarely mix. And when you\u2019re the one paying mortgage on a house that other family members are living in, that can create bitterness and frustration. Creating a contract can help to clarify expectations. You could put clauses that require family members to do certain things if they want to keep living there (keep it clean, pay for damages, do yard work, etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have an Intervention<\/strong> \u2014 If things have gotten really bad, it might be time to have a sit-down with your family. Be honest; tell them that you simply can\u2019t afford to keep paying the mortgage on your own when they\u2019re living in the house. An honest discussion can go a long way with reasonable people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Offer a Grace Period<\/strong> \u2014 If you absolutely need your family to start chipping in, but you don\u2019t want to be mean about it, offer them a grace period. Tell them that they have 2 more months to free-load, but then they have to start chipping in a certain percentage of monthly payments or they have to find somewhere else to live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sell The Home<\/strong> \u2014 Sometimes, the best course of action, if things have gone on for a long time, is to sell the property. And rather than dealing with all the hassle of finding an agent, repairing and cleaning the home, and then listing on the MLS, you can sell to a professional home buyer like ourselves. We buy houses in Tulsa and we can close within just 2 weeks and we\u2019ll pay cash for your property. Give us a call at (918) 727-7156<\/a> if you\u2019re interested!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Blue Firefly Properties, we\u2019ve worked with TONS of people in exactly your situation. Here\u2019s the advice we usually give.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selltobluefirefly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}