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Yes, if it has been signed by the Landlord and Tenant.
Only if it's in the written agreement.
It would be called a Residential Rental Agreement, Residential Lease, Month-to-Month Tenancy Agreement, or something to that effect. The name varies widely.
Then the tenancy is subject to the application of state or local landlord/tenant laws on a month-to-month tenancy.
If you have a lease agreement with a fixed term (Example: a typical 12 month residential lease agreement) then you cannot get out unless you get the Landlord's permission.
Renters make a lease agreement with a landlord.
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.
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If a damage deposit is/was a term of your Residential Tenancy Agreement, then yes. If there was no provision for a damage deposit when you signed the agreement, then the terms cannot be changed until the agreement expires, or both parties agree to the change in writing.
After putting care into maintaining your rental property one will want to make sure that they have residential landlord insurance. Two insurance companies to check out landlord insurance would be Safeco and Allstate.
I know of no state that requires a written agreement. If a tenant pays money, and a landlord lets them in, that's an agreement.
In the State of Maryland, a landlord has 45 days from the date a residential tenant vacates the premises to return any security deposit, minus any deductions for damage. Within 30 days of the date the tenant vacates, the landlord must notify the tenant in writing of any damage deductions being taken from the security deposit. If a landlord fails to return any portion of the security deposit rightly owed to the tenant, the tenant can sue the landlord for up to three times the amount of the security deposit that was wrongly withheld, plus attorney fees. Maryland has many online legal self-help resources on landlord-tenant law and other subjects. For a directory of these resources, visit the Maryland Courts Self-Help Directory related link.