Q: I am renting a lower level basement and was told I have to be out due to the house being and "asset in probate"
,I have been here a little over a month and I had agreed to a 6 month lease. I gave them rent and minutes after I did is when they told me I needed to look for a new place.Now I understand that this has something to do with the death of someone but I am confused because they do not own this house? They rent it and signed a 3 years lease. I feel that I am being scammed in some way. what should I do? and im still a little unsure what they mean by the house being an asset in probate.
A: If you have a six-month lease, you have a six-month lease and they cannot just evict you. Whomever the new owner is takes it subject to the existing lease. My guess is your landlord is subleasing to you contrary to their own lease and found out their own lease is being terminated so they have to get their tenants out. That is their problem, and you should find a landlord-tenant attorney near you to discuss.
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