Landlord Tenant Legal Questions and Answers
How is an Heir Affected by a Life Lease on Property Inherited?
00000000000 My brother is considering giving one of his tenants a lifetime lease that will allow the tenant to live rent free after a certain total amount of rent has been paid. He is also planning on including the tenant's boyfriend on the lease. The boyfriend is 30 years younger then the tenant. How will this affect me as heir to the property? There are three other apartm...
08/31/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Florida | #18336Can we force tenants to leave premises for a weekend?
We have a rental unit in Chelan, Washington. We lease the upper unit to a family and we use the lower unit for ourselves in the summer time, mostly weekends. We share the yard and waterfront with the renters. They have 3 loud kids and a pit bull. Not crazy about the family anyway. Question is my son is getting married in July next year. I want the renters to be gone the w...
08/20/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Washington | #18173Can security deposit be applied towards the unpaid rent?
Our LL has given us a 30 day notice that she is terminating the lease, the rent was late but paid in full for June, now she is telling us we have until July 16th to get out or she is changing the locks, can she do this? She said we have until noon that day to leave and we will owe her $500 for half a month. She will owe us that from the deposit, so do we have to pay half a mont...
06/18/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Tennessee | #17065Termination of Tenancy from week to week
Facts: I am the 'landlord' renting a room(s) from my home for extra income at a weekly rate, all utilities included, (without a lease, but I do write receipts).The receipt is written as a roommate contribution for 1 weeks stay. My roommates do not have access to the entire house, only their room and the shared bathroom. They have a fridge and microwave in their room for sandwic...
06/17/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Alabama | #17020If there is no written contract would rent be month-to-month?
My father owns property in Rutherford County, NC that he has rented to a church group for the past 36 months (or so) to be used as a worship center. No written agreement was ever put in place. He has offered the property to them several times for sale but they have been unable to secure funding. Now they suddenly feel that the rent money they have been paying is considered p...
05/05/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: North Carolina | #16589What is considered reasonable and beyond wear and tear?
This past weekend, our tenant of 11 years moved. She was a Section 8 tenant and moved in to the apartment after it had been completely renovated and updated after a major fire, so everything was brand new and she was the sole tenant from 1999 to the present. She went on Section 8 in 2001 or 2002. Within the next 30 days, we'll be giving her back the security deposit. But, w...
05/05/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Massachusetts | #16579Am I legally obligated to provide my 26 year old a place to live?
We have a 26 year old daughter that lives with us. We have recently found out that she has a serious drug problem and she has willingly gone to rehab. My question is that when she returns from rehab are we legally obligated to let her stay here if she goes back to drugs. I have told her that we will not condone drug use in our house ever again and she swears that she will neve...
05/04/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: New Jersey | #16553What is the maximum increase that a landlord can get on a non stabilized apartment in New York?
What is the maximum increase (%) that a landlord can get on a non stabilized apartment, one year lease, in New York City . Do they have to provide more than a one year lease if asked?
05/04/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: New York | #16545New property management company is requiring tenants to sign new lease/terms. Is this necessary?
I have lived in a mobile home park since September of 2005. We did pay our rent in cash but since December of 05 we have paid by check. We recently had a change of management, now they want a few of us to sign a rental agreement valid for 7 months only after which they can let you go or resign an agreement. My question is: Is there not a grandfather clause that would apply? If...
04/30/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: California | #16488My landlord sold the property and my lease is not up for another two months
My lease for a room in a private home (not owner occupied) is in force until July 2008. The owner has just sold the home, there is no words in the lease agreement regarding lease termination in this situation. I am told I will probably be required to move out with 60 days notice. The owners want to move in the end of May. What are my rights? Do I qualify for compensation for b...
04/29/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16452