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My lease states under the second paragraph term the initial term of the agreement is that the property is leased on a month-to-month basis starting on September 1st 15 and ending September 1st 16 my understanding is that a periodic lease or a month to month does not include a specified end date... View More 
answered on Apr 20, 2017
It sounds like you have a year lease and you make monthly payments. Month-to-month means you or the landlord can terminate the lease with a month notice, but if you have a contractual right to the property for a year, then it doesn't sound like you have a month-to-month lease. The outcome... View More
Can I list the units and process applications before closing on the duplex so I can have tenants in the day after closing?
answered on Apr 20, 2017
If you enter into a binding contract, but for whatever reason you cannot perform, you may be liable for damages.
There lawyer stated if I go forward with escrow he will make me lose everything. my sec8 etc..I have brain injury can't get help in our system. 6 years of health issues they will not fix problem in my unit ! Doctor statements have stated to fix issue also. Can't move no money , but issue... View More
answered on Mar 15, 2017
If you cannot afford a lawyer, contact a legal services or other legal aid agency to see if they will provide you with assistance.
answered on Mar 13, 2017
If your question is whether your landlord, who lives in North Dakota, can evict you from an apartment owned by that landlord that is located in Minnesota, yes.
In the lease agreement it says under pets ' I may not keep any animals of any kind without the written consent of management.' I emailed my landlord asking to have a pet and she tells me her pet policy and that it'll be a $200 damage deposit. But her 'pet policy ' was... View More
answered on Sep 2, 2016
You need written consent -- but you won't get written consent without paying the $200. If you have a pet without written consent, that would be considered violating the terms of your lease and could be grounds for eviction.
We rent a lot a mobile home we don't own sits on. The owner is deceased. We don't live there anymore. Do we have the right to "walk away" or what rights do we have? My fiance' is the next of kin to the deceased, but hasn't filed for executorship as of yet.... View More
answered on Sep 2, 2016
If your agreement is month-to-month, you may cancel the agreement by giving notice in writing. Timing depends on when rent is due, so usually one month notice is required.
No call to say not showing up... Or reschedule.
answered on Jul 22, 2016
He needs to make a good faith effort to give reasonable notice of his intent to enter.
Before signing asked landlord about dogs. He said we could have dogs. That is the "only" reason we signed the lease at all. Now we are 6 months into the lease and about to pick up the dog from the breeder 2 months. We let the landlord know so that we could pay the pet deposit. But now he... View More
answered on Jul 22, 2016
Sounds like a reasonable argument, but do check the terms of your lease agreement, there may be a specific clause about pets and there may be a clause dealing with oral representations.
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