Landlord Tenant Legal Questions and Answers
What are my options to sell a rental property that is occupied with a lease?
I am a landlord of two family homes, not owner occupied. I have run into financial difficulties and need to sell the property to get out of debt. One of the tenants are five months into a year lease. They do not want to allow me to show the house to possible buyers, unless I: A) Reduce their rent as means of payment for their time B) Allow them to break the lease so they can ...
04/29/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16434What can I do about terminating my lease early since I am being transferred at my job?
I live in the state of Texas. I have a 1 year lease that I am two months into. The agency that I work for is requiring me to move out the state. I went to talk to the apartment managers and they were not willing to work with me at all. I even provided with them paperwork as proof. What can I do?
04/29/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Texas | #16355How do I evict my mother and sister if we have no lease?
What do you have to do if you want your mother and sister to move out of your house? There is no agreement on paper and they refuse to move out.
04/28/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16318If I want to rent out a room in my home, what type of lease is needed?
I want to rent a room in my house to an individual. What sort of lease agreement do I need?
04/28/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16314Can I garnish a tenant for non-payment?
Can you get a court order to garnishee a tenant or former tenants wages because they failed to pay rent if you can show proof of non-payment?
04/28/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Mississippi | #16287What are my legal rights if there is no lease and tenant is not paying rent as agreed?
I have a tenant who about a year ago started to pay the rent late. A few months later started to pay less than the agreed price. The last couple of months she hasn't even paid half and last two months has been less than $200.00. We do not have a written lease agreement, can I still serve her with eviction papers? And, will not having a written lease cause a problem with the ev...
04/28/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16249Does the amount of rent paid in the lease have any bearing on its legality?
I am leasing a commercial warehouse space from my wife's family for a symbolic fee of $100.00 (One hundred) a year. The property is in a trust and my mother-in-law is the trustee that signed the lease with me. I have all the cleared checks. Even if I am paying almost nothing, is my lease a legal document? Can anybody force us to break it or declare it VOID due to symbolic fee? ...
04/28/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16222What are my daughter's rights to fight her eviction?
My daughter has been served an eviction notice. She said her rent check bounced without her realizing it, and was not told the check did not go through. When she went to pay rent she was told that she has been served with eviction notice and refused to accept rent payment. She and I do not know her rights to court and has a court date tomorrow. The landlord has also not fixed ...
04/27/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16209What action can I take against my landlord for cutting off my water when that is a city service?
We live in a mobile home community. We only pay space rent. We are responsible for our own utilities. The landlord turned off our water without notification, not even a knock on our door. What course of action do we have against him?
04/27/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16197Does the mother of my child have legal rights to my rented property if we lived together?
Does the mother of my child, who has lived at my address, have to be registered at her legal address for insurance purposes? Also, she has voluntered to leave, and has been gone for 4 weeks with some of her belongings still in my house (which I do not own, but rent from my mother) have any rights to the property?
04/27/2009 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: ALL | #16163