# Occupancy and Vacancy

**URL:** <https://community.propertyradar.com/t/occupancy-and-vacancy/1663>\
**Category:** Foreclosure Investing\
**Created:** [May 7, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://community.propertyradar.com/t/occupancy-and-vacancy/1663 "2012-05-07T00:26:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Brooke1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Brooke1](https://community.propertyradar.com/u/Brooke1)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://community.propertyradar.com/t/occupancy-and-vacancy/1663/1 "2012-05-07T00:26:53Z")

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Just starting out, so if this is a stupid question, please forgive me. Is there any way to know if a property has truly been vacated? I read some posts where the person who purchased a property through auction discovered it was occupied.

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**Author:** ![Michelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Michelle](https://community.propertyradar.com/u/Michelle)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.propertyradar.com/t/occupancy-and-vacancy/1663/2 "2012-05-14T23:19:53Z")

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Hi Brooke,  
There is no way to know for sure. You can certainly leave a note, knock on the door, peek in the windows to see if anyone is living there. Sometimes people will leave a few pieces of furniture and clothing behind so that they can try to negotiate cash for keys. The it becomes a dance to to find out what they want and if they are in fact legal tenants.