Asked in Real Estate Law for Florida

Q: My realtor is saying I must pay a full month's rent given the tenant has renewed for another year. Is this legal in FLA?

We already paid a comission to the realtor when the tenant moved in, a full months rent, now apparently just because the tenant renewed the lease, they say we must give him again another full month rent comission, what on earth is that? Is that even legal for him to do this? Never heard of this anywhere in the world?!?!?

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Phillip William Gunthert
Phillip William Gunthert
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  • Orlando, FL
  • Licensed in Florida

A: Ask to review the property management agreement or any other agreement that you signed and may exist, if it is not in the agreement. I think not. It is often the case that property management and similar agreements have these clauses in them if you do not carefully review them with the help of an attorney if you are not familiar with what you should be on the lookout for throughout.

Seril L Grossfeld agrees with this answer

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