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Can you report a tenant who broke lease and owes 2 months lease?
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∙ 14y ago
An individual landlord is not able to directly report a tenant to a consumer credit reporting agency such as Experian. If you decide not to obtain a judgment in small claims court, then you can turn the account over to a collection agency, who is able to report the outstanding debt. However, the collection agency will get 30%-50% of amounts they collect. If you do obtain a judgment, it is a public record and reported to the consumer credit bureaus automatically. Actually a landlord can report debt as a collection account for less than $20 per debtor. Check out my blog at www.thelandlorddoctor.com or contact me at Bill@thelandlorddoctor.com
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Is it legal for the tenant to hold your deposit till the lease contract is finished even if the contract is broken?
If the tenant broke the lease via a material breach, the tenant may forfeit his security deposit. However, if the landlord has breached the lease, he must return the full security deposit.
Who is responsible if the tenant broke his lease but has section 8?
if you make your property a section 8 property who is responsible for problems that occur on the house
If a tenant breaks his lease and writes last month's rent on his check if it is deposited is the tenant no longer responsible for the remaining months on the lease?
He is responsible for the remaining months. Neither party can terminate unilaterally - they have to agree. However, after the tenant leaves, the landlord has a responsibility to try to rent the unit.
If i have evivted the tenant that has paid rent for the month can i keep the rent money?
In NYS - No you can not do so legally. If there had been a lease and the tenant had left prematurely of his own will then you would be entitled to the money owed for the entire remainder of the lease assuming that you were unable to lease the apartment out for that remaining time-frame. However, in such instant, a judge has the discretion to reduce your entitlement. That is, if a tenant left the apartment of his own will eight months prior to the expiration of the lease and you then failed to rent out the apt for that remaining eight month period a judge can say to you "there is plenty of demand for apartments in this district and if you had done your due diligence you could have easily found another tenant within three months of the tenant's departure. Therefore, I am ordering the tenant to give you three months rent beyond his departure date regardless of the fact that there were eight months left on the tenant's lease". The judge isn't restricted to following the terms of the lease. The judge has the discretion to interpret the intent of the law which applies to leases/contracts.
Can a tenant dreak a lease if tenant has bankruptcy?
No.
Can a landlord sue for future rent in Maryland?
Yes, a landlord in Maryland can sue for future rent if the tenant breaks the lease agreement. However, the landlord has a duty to mitigate damages by making reasonable efforts to find a new tenant. If the landlord finds a new tenant, the tenant who broke the lease agreement will only be responsible for the rent until the new tenant moves in.
Do you have to return deposit to tenant who broke lease agreement by bringing in pet?
You can use the deposit to cover your costs of dealing with whatever damage the pet did or cleaning that it required. You might also be able to use the deposit to cover costs of terminating the lease and evicting the tenant. Anything that is left must go back to the tenant.
Can a tenant live in an apartment without electricity?
If the terms of the lease include that the tenant must have electric and the tenant is in violation of the lease terms you can evict him.
What is a life lease?
A lease that is terminated by the death of the tenant.
Can a tenant be evicted if the property is acquired through divorce?
not till the tenant violates the lease or the lease expires
a tenant formerly is given a lease to sign...waits to sign actual lease until 3 months later...Landlord is stil accepting rent without question, month to month... The tenant finally signs lease 3 months later...what point is the lease agreement in effect?
Lease is valid as of the date on the document. The month-to-month deal was an arrangement outside the legal confines of the lease agreement. A point should be made that the lease agreement supercedes all other informal agreements regarding the rented property.
What about if there is no lease agreement?
Then the Tenant is considered a month to month renter. The Landlord or Tenant may change any terms of the deal with at least 6 months notice to either party.
