May 5, 2025 • 8 mins
In this episode, Danny Johnson from Danny Buys Houses in San Antonio, TX, walks landlords through selling a rental property—tenants or no tenants. Tired of trashed houses, evictions, or the landlord life? Danny explains how to cash out fast, whether your place is occupied or vacant. We buy houses for cash in San Antonio. Learn how easy it is to sell a house fast and as is. With real stories, listener Q&A, and a simple next step, this one’s for every San Antonio landlord ready to move on!
What You’ll Learn
- Landlord Woes: Why rentals push you to sell—trashed properties, reluctant ownership.
- Tenants In? How to sell fast without kicking them out.
- Tenants Out? Cash in on a mess—no repairs needed.
- Real Story: How Maria ditched her wrecked rental in a week.
- Get Started: A quick, no-hassle way to sell your rental today.
Key Moments
- Danny gets it: Rentals can be a nightmare—time to sell?
- Selling with tenants: We buy, they stay—you’re free.
- Selling post-tenants: Trashed or not, we take it as-is.
- Maria’s story: From tenant chaos to cash in seven days.
- Listener Q&A: Stubborn tenants, trashed homes.
- How to sell rental property fast: Fill out the fast offer form at DannyBuysHouses.com.
Resources Mentioned
- Website: DannyBuysHouses.com – Get a cash offer in 24 hours, tenants or not.
- Location: Serving San Antonio, TX, and nearby areas like New Braunfels and Boerne.
Call to Action
Done with your rental? Sell it fast—visit DannyBuysHouses.com and fill out the fast offer form. Danny will call within 24 hours with a fair cash offer, no pressure. No repairs, no tenant hassles—just cash and freedom. Start now!
Listener Questions Answered
- Alex (San Antonio): “Tenants won’t leave—can I sell?” Yes—we take over!
- Lisa (New Braunfels): “Trashed house—still buy?” Absolutely—as-is is our thing!
Connect with Us
- Website: DannyBuysHouses.com
- Questions? Send them to Danny for a future episode!
- Share It: Tell a landlord friend ready to cash out.
Coming Up Next
Next episode, Danny uncovers how to spot legit cash buyers and avoid we buy houses scams—don’t miss it. Subscribe now!
Tagline: “Rental weighing you down? Sell it fast with Danny Buys Houses.”
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Episode Transcript
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(00:07):
Hello, and welcome to the Danny Buys Housespodcast.
I'm your host, Danny Johnson, owner of Danny BuysHouses in San Antonio, Texas.
We've been buying houses for cash in San Antoniofor over 20 years now.
It's crazy how time flies.
Anyway, I'm excited about today's topic.
You know, if you're a landlord, maybe a reluctantone, and you're done with your rental property,
(00:29):
this episode is for you.
Today we're diving into how to sell your rentalproperty in San Antonio with or without tenants
to a cash buyer like Danny Buys Houses.
We'll cover why you might want out fast, how itworks, and answer some listener questions along
the way. So, let's get started. All right.
Being a landlord isn't all sunshine and rentchecks.
(00:52):
Trust me, I was sold on that and thought that'swhat it was, and absolutely not.
So, I've been buying houses in San Antonio for along time, and I hear it from landlords all the time,
and I'm also a landlord. You know those crazywindy days we had, uh,
a couple of weeks ago, uh, here in San Antonio?
Well, I had two trees at two different rentalproperties decide to drop large branches on
(01:13):
cars. Yeah, not fun. You know, all these,
for all these years, I've never had that happen,but for some reason, that last
couple weeks ago, those windstorms, two, twodifferent rental properties that happened.
So, not fun. You, you get to deal with itsometimes, uh, I'm sure, with different
things and, uh, but anyway. Maybe you've hadtenants not pay and have
(01:35):
to be evicted only to find out that they trashedthe place. This is typically the situation.
Holes in the walls, clogged toilets, yard like adump.
Uh, maybe you're a reluctant landlord.
You inherited a property, you never wanted, uh, tobe a landlord.
You didn't want that gig
or, uh, the headaches that you have sometimesbeing a landlord.
Late rent, repairs, tenant fights. You know,they're all wearing you down.
(01:57):
Does that sound familiar? You ready to sell fast?
I'm gonna talk about,
uh,
the, the ways to do that, right? So, selling arental the old way, listing it,
you know, fixing it up takes time. In San Antonio,uh, right now homes are sitting on the
market for, you know, between 70 and 90 days, uh,and if it's beat up, you
(02:18):
gotta add months for,
for the delay in that, because typically thebuyers, most buyers, the biggest buyer pool, they
want homes they can just move into, right, thatare move-in ready.
So, uh, you, you might consider a cash sale,right? That's different.
We buy houses as is, tenants or not, and we closequick.
So, let's break this down. If, if, if you'reselling with tenants still there,
(02:41):
Texas landlord-tenant laws say that they've gotrights, obviously.
Lease agreements, uh, don't just disappear becauseyou want out, right?
You've got to honor those lease agreements.
If they're month-to-month, you give them 30 daysnotice to end it, uh, and if they've got that lease, if you
still have a valid lease with them, uh, you eitherwait it out or negotiate a buyout,
right? So, you can, you can do that. The otherthing is we can take over, uh,
(03:06):
you know, the, the existing lease, right?
So, we would just have to then honor the existinglease you have with the tenants.
Um,
so
how, right? How does that work? Well, we visit thehouse when, when the tenants say they're okay with it, per
the law, and we make an offer. You know, we take alook at what's needed, uh, we
are gonna take into account how much they'repaying in rent, what the property taxes are, what the
(03:30):
insurance costs, all that kind of stuff.
Um, and then you cash out, we take over as the newlandlord and honor that,
uh,
uh, that lease agreement so you don't have to dealwith eviction processes, hassle,
uh, all the typical hassles like that, uh, 'causewe'll just take over pretty much for you.
So,
uh, real estate investors like us handle thatwhole mess for you if you agree to sell for cash.
(03:53):
So
now,
uh, the other, uh, thing is, you know, tenant'salready gone, right? So, you've already evicted them.
They vacated or whatever. Uh, maybe they've messedup, me- left a mess.
There's stains, there's trash, there's brokenstuff.
Now, you don't have to fix any of that stuff.
You can just sell the house completely as is,exactly the way it is, uh, no cleaning required.
If they left a bunch of stuff behind, you don'thave to clean it out.
(04:14):
You know, I've seen houses with fridges full ofmold, floors ripped up, and,
uh, you know, we just don't blink. We've seen itbefore.
We know what it, what, what it's gonna take to, totake care of it.
You call us, we check it out, we offer you cash,
and, uh, we close quickly. So, there's no waitingand, uh, dealing with picky buyers or anything like that.
We're definitely not picky.
So, as an example, take, uh,
(04:37):
uh, we'll call her Maria, a landlord I, I helpedlast year. That's not her real name.
Her rental off Military Drive was a nightmare.Tenants trashed it before she evicted them.
She was just done. She was tired of, of dealingwith their lies about payments being made and
all that kind of stuff, and she didn't want tosink thousands of dollars into repairs.
So, we walked through. We, we saw the chaos and,and offered her cash anyway 'cause it's
(05:00):
what we do. So, we closed in in, uh, two weeks,and she said, you know, she
told me, "Danny, you saved my sanity."
And that's what we do. We turn your rental burdeninto cash, and we do it fast 'cause we buy houses
cash completely as is in San Antonio.
So, let's go and transition into some of theselistener questions, right?
Uh, the first one here,
(05:22):
uh, let's see. "Can I sell with tenants who won'tleave?" Uh, from Alex in San Antonio.
Alex, yeah, absolutely. You know, if they're on alease, we buy it and deal with them later.
If not, we start eviction, um, you know, or if, ifthe, the, you know,
the, the payment situation is such that, you know,that happens sooner or whatever.
And so,
(05:42):
uh, we, we
will work with you on that. You know, it dependsexactly on whatever the situation is, right?
How late they are, whether you've served a notice,all that kind of stuff.
So, there's a lot of things that we gotta figureout as far as exactly where you are in the situation with
them, uh, not paying, not leaving,
if you've already been through, uh, you know,eviction court and all that kind of stuff.
(06:04):
So,
um, we'll just have to talk with you. Reach out tous and, and we'll get it straightened out.
Next, uh, next one here, let's see. "My tenantstrashed the place.
Will you still buy it?" That's Lisa who has ahouse in Tobin Hill.
Uh, Lisa, absolutely. We bought rentals worse thanyou can imagine, burned, wrecked,
you name it. So, don't worry about the repairs.We'll buy it as is.
(06:25):
You can still sell it, uh, to us or, and othercash buyers. We'll buy it as is also.
All right, so, that's all the questions we've got,
and, uh, you know, if you're ready to ditch thatrental, here's how to start.
Go to dannybuyshouses.com. Fill out the fast cashoffer form. Only takes about two minutes.
Tell us about the house. Tell us about thetenants.
Tell us about the condition, uh, what rentpayments, all that kind of stuff.
(06:47):
And, uh, we'll get in touch with you. We'll, we'lltry to figure out how to, to see it with the tenants
or, or not. And, uh, sometimes we can make a, anoffer, uh, cash, you
know, sight unseen, but then at some point, we'regonna need to see that.
Uh, otherwise we're gonna have to assume it needseverything.
So, it's best if we can get a, a look at theproperty.
All right, look, I know rentals can drain you.
(07:08):
Tenants who don't want to pay
or can't pay, you know, maybe sometimes they wantto, they just can't. Uh, repairs that never end.
I've been helping landlords for a long time.
Uh, imagine no more chasing the rent, no morefixing toilets, no more getting calls at, at
6:00 on a Friday evening,
uh, just cash and peace of mind and being donewith it.
So, that's what we offer at Danny Buys Houses is achance for, for that to happen for you.
(07:31):
So, head to dannybuyshouses.com, fill out theform, and let's talk. I'm Danny Johnson.
I've got your back, San Antonio.
Uh, thanks for tuning in, everyone. Uh, share thiswith the landlords who- who's had enough.
I'm sure they'll appreciate that. Next episode,we're gonna tackle We Buy Houses
scams, all right? So, we've got to be careful. Uh,some bad actors out there.
So, don't miss it. This is Danny Johnson fromDanny Buys Houses saying take care.
(07:54):
Let's get that rental sold, sell smart. See younext time.
Hello, and welcome to the Danny Buys Housespodcast.
I'm your host, Danny Johnson, owner of Danny BuysHouses in San Antonio, Texas.
We've been buying houses for cash in San Antoniofor over 20 years now.
It's crazy how time flies.
Anyway, I'm excited about today's topic.
You know, if you're a landlord, maybe a reluctantone, and you're done with your rental property,
(00:29):
this episode is for you.
Today we're diving into how to sell your rentalproperty in San Antonio with or without tenants
to a cash buyer like Danny Buys Houses.
We'll cover why you might want out fast, how itworks, and answer some listener questions along
the way. So, let's get started. All right.
Being a landlord isn't all sunshine and rentchecks.
(00:52):
Trust me, I was sold on that and thought that'swhat it was, and absolutely not.
So, I've been buying houses in San Antonio for along time, and I hear it from landlords all the time,
and I'm also a landlord. You know those crazywindy days we had, uh,
a couple of weeks ago, uh, here in San Antonio?
Well, I had two trees at two different rentalproperties decide to drop large branches on
(01:13):
cars. Yeah, not fun. You know, all these,
for all these years, I've never had that happen,but for some reason, that last
couple weeks ago, those windstorms, two, twodifferent rental properties that happened.
So, not fun. You, you get to deal with itsometimes, uh, I'm sure, with different
things and, uh, but anyway. Maybe you've hadtenants not pay and have
(01:35):
to be evicted only to find out that they trashedthe place. This is typically the situation.
Holes in the walls, clogged toilets, yard like adump.
Uh, maybe you're a reluctant landlord.
You inherited a property, you never wanted, uh, tobe a landlord.
You didn't want that gig
or, uh, the headaches that you have sometimesbeing a landlord.
Late rent, repairs, tenant fights. You know,they're all wearing you down.
(01:57):
Does that sound familiar? You ready to sell fast?
I'm gonna talk about,
uh,
the, the ways to do that, right? So, selling arental the old way, listing it,
you know, fixing it up takes time. In San Antonio,uh, right now homes are sitting on the
market for, you know, between 70 and 90 days, uh,and if it's beat up, you
(02:18):
gotta add months for,
for the delay in that, because typically thebuyers, most buyers, the biggest buyer pool, they
want homes they can just move into, right, thatare move-in ready.
So, uh, you, you might consider a cash sale,right? That's different.
We buy houses as is, tenants or not, and we closequick.
So, let's break this down. If, if, if you'reselling with tenants still there,
(02:41):
Texas landlord-tenant laws say that they've gotrights, obviously.
Lease agreements, uh, don't just disappear becauseyou want out, right?
You've got to honor those lease agreements.
If they're month-to-month, you give them 30 daysnotice to end it, uh, and if they've got that lease, if you
still have a valid lease with them, uh, you eitherwait it out or negotiate a buyout,
right? So, you can, you can do that. The otherthing is we can take over, uh,
(03:06):
you know, the, the existing lease, right?
So, we would just have to then honor the existinglease you have with the tenants.
Um,
so
how, right? How does that work? Well, we visit thehouse when, when the tenants say they're okay with it, per
the law, and we make an offer. You know, we take alook at what's needed, uh, we
are gonna take into account how much they'repaying in rent, what the property taxes are, what the
(03:30):
insurance costs, all that kind of stuff.
Um, and then you cash out, we take over as the newlandlord and honor that,
uh,
uh, that lease agreement so you don't have to dealwith eviction processes, hassle,
uh, all the typical hassles like that, uh, 'causewe'll just take over pretty much for you.
So,
uh, real estate investors like us handle thatwhole mess for you if you agree to sell for cash.
(03:53):
So
now,
uh, the other, uh, thing is, you know, tenant'salready gone, right? So, you've already evicted them.
They vacated or whatever. Uh, maybe they've messedup, me- left a mess.
There's stains, there's trash, there's brokenstuff.
Now, you don't have to fix any of that stuff.
You can just sell the house completely as is,exactly the way it is, uh, no cleaning required.
If they left a bunch of stuff behind, you don'thave to clean it out.
(04:14):
You know, I've seen houses with fridges full ofmold, floors ripped up, and,
uh, you know, we just don't blink. We've seen itbefore.
We know what it, what, what it's gonna take to, totake care of it.
You call us, we check it out, we offer you cash,
and, uh, we close quickly. So, there's no waitingand, uh, dealing with picky buyers or anything like that.
We're definitely not picky.
So, as an example, take, uh,
(04:37):
uh, we'll call her Maria, a landlord I, I helpedlast year. That's not her real name.
Her rental off Military Drive was a nightmare.Tenants trashed it before she evicted them.
She was just done. She was tired of, of dealingwith their lies about payments being made and
all that kind of stuff, and she didn't want tosink thousands of dollars into repairs.
So, we walked through. We, we saw the chaos and,and offered her cash anyway 'cause it's
(05:00):
what we do. So, we closed in in, uh, two weeks,and she said, you know, she
told me, "Danny, you saved my sanity."
And that's what we do. We turn your rental burdeninto cash, and we do it fast 'cause we buy houses
cash completely as is in San Antonio.
So, let's go and transition into some of theselistener questions, right?
Uh, the first one here,
(05:22):
uh, let's see. "Can I sell with tenants who won'tleave?" Uh, from Alex in San Antonio.
Alex, yeah, absolutely. You know, if they're on alease, we buy it and deal with them later.
If not, we start eviction, um, you know, or if, ifthe, the, you know,
the, the payment situation is such that, you know,that happens sooner or whatever.
And so,
(05:42):
uh, we, we
will work with you on that. You know, it dependsexactly on whatever the situation is, right?
How late they are, whether you've served a notice,all that kind of stuff.
So, there's a lot of things that we gotta figureout as far as exactly where you are in the situation with
them, uh, not paying, not leaving,
if you've already been through, uh, you know,eviction court and all that kind of stuff.
(06:04):
So,
um, we'll just have to talk with you. Reach out tous and, and we'll get it straightened out.
Next, uh, next one here, let's see. "My tenantstrashed the place.
Will you still buy it?" That's Lisa who has ahouse in Tobin Hill.
Uh, Lisa, absolutely. We bought rentals worse thanyou can imagine, burned, wrecked,
you name it. So, don't worry about the repairs.We'll buy it as is.
(06:25):
You can still sell it, uh, to us or, and othercash buyers. We'll buy it as is also.
All right, so, that's all the questions we've got,
and, uh, you know, if you're ready to ditch thatrental, here's how to start.
Go to dannybuyshouses.com. Fill out the fast cashoffer form. Only takes about two minutes.
Tell us about the house. Tell us about thetenants.
Tell us about the condition, uh, what rentpayments, all that kind of stuff.
(06:47):
And, uh, we'll get in touch with you. We'll, we'lltry to figure out how to, to see it with the tenants
or, or not. And, uh, sometimes we can make a, anoffer, uh, cash, you
know, sight unseen, but then at some point, we'regonna need to see that.
Uh, otherwise we're gonna have to assume it needseverything.
So, it's best if we can get a, a look at theproperty.
All right, look, I know rentals can drain you.
(07:08):
Tenants who don't want to pay
or can't pay, you know, maybe sometimes they wantto, they just can't. Uh, repairs that never end.
I've been helping landlords for a long time.
Uh, imagine no more chasing the rent, no morefixing toilets, no more getting calls at, at
6:00 on a Friday evening,
uh, just cash and peace of mind and being donewith it.
So, that's what we offer at Danny Buys Houses is achance for, for that to happen for you.
(07:31):
So, head to dannybuyshouses.com, fill out theform, and let's talk. I'm Danny Johnson.
I've got your back, San Antonio.
Uh, thanks for tuning in, everyone. Uh, share thiswith the landlords who- who's had enough.
I'm sure they'll appreciate that. Next episode,we're gonna tackle We Buy Houses
scams, all right? So, we've got to be careful. Uh,some bad actors out there.
So, don't miss it. This is Danny Johnson fromDanny Buys Houses saying take care.
(07:54):
Let's get that rental sold, sell smart. See younext time.
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