Putnam Town Clerk
The Town Clerk maintains town records. Use the Land Records page to find recorded property documents.
Putnam, CT seller help · Tenant-occupied property
Can I Sell My Putnam House With Tenants Still Living There?
You're done — no turnover, no repairs, no more bad tenants. Yes, you can sell while tenants are still living there. When you sell to us, you can leave the landlord role behind; the sale by itself does not cancel the lease.
USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Putnam, Connecticut, and Windham County. Call 888-274-5006 or request a cash offer in the form. We can talk through the lease, access, repairs, and occupancy.
Talk through your Putnam rental
Share the address and what you know about the lease, access, occupancy, repairs, and timing.
We give written cash offers in 24 hours.
Tell us about the lease, occupancy, access, and house.
What we do
We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
You don't always need to evict to sell to us. We buy houses with tenants in place — we've done it many times, including cash-for-keys when that works better for everyone.
We can talk about the lease, who is living in the house, access, repairs, and what you hope will happen next. If moving the tenants seems like the better path, we can discuss that without assuming anyone must move before a sale.
Bring us the problem
Is the lease hard to read, access limited, or a repair difficult to coordinate with tenants in the house? Tell us what is happening. You can call before you have settled on a plan for the tenants.
Call 888-274-5006 and talk through the property, lease, access, and repairs.
What happens next
1. We discuss the lease, occupancy, and house
We talk through the lease, who lives there, access, repairs, rent and deposit details, notices, and your timing. We can discuss the house as it stands and the tenancy together.
2. You review the written offer and terms
We give written cash offers in 24 hours, with the offer and terms in writing before you commit.
3. The closing company works through the handoff
If you decide to sell to us, we review title, payoff, occupancy, and who can sign, then close through a title company. We discuss how the lease and deposit details fit into the handoff. Close as fast as 7 days when title and closing details allow. No agent commissions when you sell to us. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the Connecticut state and municipal real estate conveyance taxes. Mortgage balances, liens, back taxes, and your share of current property taxes are separate.
Local help and records
Putnam’s Town Clerk provides the town’s Land Records page for recorded property documents. For security-deposit rules and interest rates, the Connecticut Department of Banking provides statewide information.
Connecticut rental security deposits
The Connecticut Department of Banking explains rental security-deposit rules and provides current interest-rate information.
Tenant rights, leases, notice, and deposits
You can sell a rental with tenants in it. The sale changes who owns the house, but does not by itself end a tenancy. The lease, Connecticut notice-to-quit rules, and court eviction process still matter if someone is seeking possession.
The lease generally continues after a sale
In an ordinary sale, the buyer becomes the new landlord and existing leases generally remain in effect. Selling the house alone does not end the tenancy. If you do want to end a tenancy, what applies depends on the lease and Connecticut’s notice-to-quit and eviction rules.
Some tenants have additional protection
Some tenants, including people age 62 or older or with a disability in buildings with five or more units, can be evicted only for good cause. A change in ownership does not count as good cause.
Connecticut General Statutes §47a-23c · Public Act 26-11, §15
Security deposits and earned interest
At the transfer, the seller must take the tenants’ security deposits, plus earned interest, out of the escrow account and deliver them to the buyer. Connecticut landlords must pay tenants interest each year at no less than the rate set by the Banking Commissioner.
The new owner is responsible for returning deposits when tenancies end, even if the prior owner did not hand them over.
Connecticut General Statutes §47a-21 — security deposits · Current deposit interest rates
What our sellers say
“LISTEN, PROPERTY TAXES GOT TOO HIGH FOR MY FIXED INCOME. SOLD IT TO THEM. WALKED AWAY WITH CASH. GLAD IT'S OVER.”
“Facing foreclosure ... Very stressful time... They handled it professionally and got me out of the debt...”
“no open houses. no realtors tracking dirt in. just a straight cash sale for our house so we could move. Glad it's over.”
Putnam tenant-occupied seller questions
Can I sell my Putnam house while tenants are still living there?
Yes. USA Home Buyers buys houses with tenants in place in Putnam and Windham County, Connecticut. An ordinary sale does not by itself end the tenancy; existing leases generally stay in effect, and the buyer becomes the new landlord.
Does selling the house cancel the lease?
No. A sale by itself does not cancel a lease. Ending a tenancy still depends on the lease and Connecticut’s notice-to-quit and eviction rules.
What happens to a tenant’s security deposit when the house is sold?
At transfer, the seller must deliver the tenants’ security deposits and earned interest to the buyer from the escrow account. The new owner is responsible for returning the deposits when the tenancies end, even if the prior owner did not hand them over.
What should I tell you about the rental?
We can talk through the lease, occupancy, access, repairs, deposits, and timing. You can call before you have every detail sorted out.
How soon will I get a written cash offer?
We give written cash offers in 24 hours.
Putnam seller resources
Putnam home-sale net proceeds calculator →Compare what you might keep from a listing or a cash sale using your own numbers.Putnam seller resources →Browse the local market report, seller guide, process page, and other property-situation pages.Inherited property help →Read more if the rental is also tied to an estate or authority-to-sign question.Putnam seller FAQs →Find answers to other local questions about selling a house.
Talk through the tenant situation
Call 888-274-5006 to talk about the Putnam house, lease, access, or repairs. You do not have to decide on eviction before you call.