Can i sell a previous owners personal property that was left in the house i just bought?

i just bought a house and there is alot of the previous owners personal property left inside still, most of which is worth alot of money. theres alot of tools (one is digital and is worth about $1000 just by itself) can i sell all this stuff? because i need to tear down the walls and its in my way, it fills up the entire living room and dining room and i certainly dont need the bulk of it. theres also 2 couches and 2 big chairs, a table saw... the list goes on. u can see why this is a problem and why i want it all gone. im afraid im going to have a crazy guy at my doorstep tho freaking out that i sold all his stuff.

Answers:
talk to your realtor. the previos owners have a time limit to gather their belongings. i think its 30 days. after that its up for grabs! at least its what i was told when i bought my house. i had the same problem.

i also had a really nice rummage sale!
Was there any agreement or discussion on how long it would take the previous owner to remove their belongings?

Have you even contacted them? Usually, when something like this happens, there is an agreement up front that they are "renting" the space until they remove it.

If you can't contact them and you have closed on the house, technically, the house is yours and everything in it as well.

As a practical matter, could you move it to the garage?

Hope that helps
last house I bought i gave the guy 30 days to get his "chickens" out..
he was coming around for weeks..saying he was the "owner"
to the workers......

i had to enforce it..
that i was the new owner..and he wasn't welcome..

so , if you do not have it in writing.it is yours...
but what if it is "stolen property"..you sell it and the "serial numbers" come back to you?
make certain you have something in writing..
go to the "realtor"....and get something in writing..especially since you want to sell this stuff...i would be worried that it was "stolen goods"..
they didnt get it out before closing? its not theres any more.

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