Selling a unit with a tenant is hard, even if the new buyer is planning to rent. Typically before and after the sale there is work being done on a unit that ca

Selling a unit with a tenant is hard, even if the new buyer is planning to rent. Typically before and after the sale there is work being done on a unit that can’t be done while it’s occupied. Also the new buyer might have different screening they want to do for a prospective tenant, or may want a different lease term, etc. It’s worth losing a couple months rent to be able to show the unit when you want, to have it cleared out so the buyer can inspect it, and sell it without a lease attached that they may not like. It also limits the buyer pool to sell it already leased to someone a prospective buyer doesn’t know and doesn’t want to know.