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by jeversvik » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:15 pm
by TenantNet » Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:03 am
by jeversvik » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:11 pm
TenantNet wrote:You say you have a lease, but that you are month-to-month. The latter is for tenants without leases or whose leases have expired, so your statement doesn't make much sense. Generally, for those tenants whose leases have expired, the terms of the last expired lease would carry forward.
by TenantNet » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:46 pm
A rental agreement provides for a tenancy of a short period (often 30 days) that is automatically renewed at the end of the period unless the tenant or landlord ends it by giving written notice. For these month-to-month rentals, the landlord can change the terms of the agreement with proper written notice.
A written lease, on the other hand, gives a renter the right to occupy a rental unit for a set term -- most often for six months or a year but sometimes longer -- as long as the tenant pays the rent and complies with other lease provisions. The landlord cannot raise the rent or change other terms of the tenancy during the lease, unless the tenant agrees.
Unlike a rental agreement, when a lease expires it does not usually automatically renew itself. A tenant who stays on with the landlord's consent after a lease ends becomes a month-to-month tenant, subject to the rental terms that were in the lease.
by ronin » Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:14 pm
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