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LL - have you ever let your tenant break their lease?
I've been reading about this "happy clause" thing that the Landlord will give an out to the renter to break the lease early if they are constantly complaining.
There is such a thing as mutually breaking it I suppose. My last tenant could not pay. And I couldn't stand him. So I said if he was out by the end if the weekend I would not go after him for the balance if the lease. I kept his security and last month rent. And there were damages. He was gone in 4. Earlier then I had given. Fine with me. Have a great tenant now.
LL - have you ever let your tenant break their lease?
Thoughts?
The lease is not an indenture. You can't make them stay.
ANY tenant can leave at ANY time and for ANY reason.
The ONLY variables are reconciling damages and the time/bother to find a new tenant.
Like with a divorce... sometimes it's better for everyone to just split up.
In most instances the LL will end up with a higher paying tenant in the newly cleaned unit...
and having learned a few things (the hard way) about how to screen applicants.
OTOH... some properties are HARD to find tenants for or are objectively overpriced.
These LL's will be inclined to put up with a paying PITA rather than have an empty.
Most of those would be better off with a more stable tenant; even discounting the rent to get them.
I've offered to let a tenant move out if they're not happy a few times. It's usually when they constantly complain about things beyond my control. Neighbors, traffic, dogs, etc. Most of the time there are complaints about things inside the house. Complaints about things that are cosmetic or have no effect on the house.
I don't do leases and it is specifically so I can kick out high maintenance or unpleasant tenants. Normally, they don't want to go, but too bad. They get their notice and out they go.
Life is too short to put up with abuse from tenants.
I don't do leases and it is specifically so I can kick out high maintenance or unpleasant tenants. Normally, they don't want to go, but too bad. They get their notice and out they go.
Life is too short to put up with abuse from tenants.
Now that's interesting.
How can you kick out a tenant that is paying on time but a pain? I thought a good reason was required to evict a tenant, such as abuse of property or not paying. But you can kick em out if they are complainers?
How can you kick out a tenant that is paying on time but a pain? I thought a good reason was required to evict a tenant, such as abuse of property or not paying. But you can kick em out if they are complainers?
With month to month tenants all that's needed is a 30 day notice and no reason has to be given.
The same applies to leases.....when the term is up, you don't have to renew and you don't have to give a reason why.
Just make sure you're giving proper notice in either situation.
Oh, okay thanks. I thought it meant that during the lease you can thrown someone out. Month to month makes sense.
You can evict a tenant in the middle of the lease if they violate the lease.
The guy across the hall from me was evicted in the middle of his lease because he just couldn't grasp the concept that all weekly all night parties aren't welcome here.
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