Timeline for Landlord wants to switch my lease to a "Land contract" to "get back at the city"
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| Apr 11, 2019 at 12:55 | history | edited | BooleanCheese | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2019 at 10:04 | comment | added | Jirka Hanika | The landlord will likely discover, in the process of trying to draft the land contract, that it is not a trivial task (for example, to specify the purchase price) as he does not ultimately want to sell or lose control. Therefore there's no reason for the OP to worry at all until the landlord produces a draft, with all the numbers and proposed provisions filled in. Currently it's the landlord who needs a lawyer (working mostly against the OP's interests), not the OP. The lease may expire sooner than there's any draft; optimize your attitude for that. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 17:26 | comment | added | user6726 | I suggest that the landlord is having a tantrum over the inspection requirement and thinks this crazy scheme is a way to avoid the city fee, and he is not actually looking to sell the house. That doesn't mean you want a crazy landlord. Start by asking him why he doesn't just propose a regular sale of the property. | |
| S Apr 10, 2019 at 17:14 | history | suggested | Stegathesaurus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 10, 2019 at 16:33 | history | edited | David Siegel |
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| Apr 10, 2019 at 12:04 | comment | added | Eric Duminil | Sometimes landlords win (when nothing big needs to be repaired, when tenants pay regularly and the market doesn't crash) sometimes they lose (a bit, as in your example). Tough luck! | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 8:40 | comment | added | Xen2050 | @BobJarvis Until BooleanCheese actually has a contract (or anything written) to show a lawyer, this might all be nothing more than hot air from a new landlord. Running straight to a lawyer over a single conversation and spending $ or "burning up" a free consultation seems premature at best, maybe even paranoid, very expensive and unnecessary. Many cities/states/provinces have good government landlord-tenant departments that can help people for free (at least in Canada, but Ohio & USA... maybe?). | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 1:44 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | GET THEE TO A LAWYER - GO!!! "Land contract" is a purchase agreement, not a rental agreement. I don't know what this guy has in mind, but this is very, very odd, and he's counting on you not knowing any better. Sign nothing, lawyer up, and be prepared to move. | |
| S Apr 9, 2019 at 16:59 | history | suggested | Mefitico | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 9, 2019 at 13:18 | comment | added | BooleanCheese | @DaveMongoose Thanks. I'm disappointed that this means I probably won't be renewing my lease and will have to move again at the end of this one, but I do not feel comfortable with whatever he's trying to propose and will not be taking part. | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 13:15 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Checking with a lawyer is certainly the correct first step. | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 11:58 | comment | added | DaveMongoose | Most of the time when a landlord offers you something that sounds out-of-the-ordinary for a reason that sounds spurious, it's a red flag. Also bear in mind that you have every right to say no - your tenancy is protected by the existing lease and he can't force a change on you that's outside the terms of that lease. | |
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| Apr 9, 2019 at 0:42 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 23 | |
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| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:27 | comment | added | BooleanCheese | @DavidSiegel A rented house and I'm only two months into my year long lease. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:23 | comment | added | David Siegel | Is the property being rented a house, an apartment, or what? | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:18 | answer | added | David Siegel | timeline score: 75 | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 16:48 | history | edited | BooleanCheese | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2019 at 16:25 | history | asked | BooleanCheese | CC BY-SA 4.0 |