DeKalb County · Georgia

Sell Your Tired Landlord House Fast in Tucker

Georgia is a landlord-friendly state with no statewide rent control and no just-cause eviction requirement, meaning landlords can choose not to renew a lease for any reason as long as proper notice is given — typically 60 days for month-to-month tenancies under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7, though lease terms can shorten or extend that window. When a rental property sells, Georgia law does not require the new owner to honor an existing lease beyond its current term, but tenants mid-lease generally have the right to remain through the lease expiration unless the buyer negotiates a buyout or the lease contains a sale-termination clause. Dispossessory proceedings — Georgia's term for eviction — are filed in Magistrate Court at the county level, and from the filing of a dispossessory affidavit, tenants typically have seven days to answer before a hearing is scheduled, making the overall timeline from notice to writ of possession roughly three to six weeks in uncontested cases. Georgia also preempts local governments from enacting rent control ordinances under O.C.G.A. § 44-14-670 et seq., so no city or county in the state can impose rent caps or just-cause eviction rules, which gives tired landlords a relatively clean exit path once proper notice timelines are respected.

• Buy with tenants in place — no evictions needed
• We handle the tenant transition ourselves
• Cash offer in 24 hours, close in 7 days
• No repairs between tenancies required