Timeline for Landlord wants to switch my lease to a "Land contract" to "get back at the city"
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| S Apr 11, 2019 at 3:59 | history | suggested | Malady | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 9, 2019 at 13:20 | vote | accept | BooleanCheese | ||
| Apr 9, 2019 at 7:57 | comment | added | David Siegel | If LL chooses to actually sell the house, and OP chooses to accept the propped contract and buy, there is nothing illegal, and future inspections are probably not required. If LL wants to screw the city but not really sell, it may be legal, depending on the way the contract is worded, if OP consents. OP is quite likely in a bad spot in either case, but by his own act, if he consents. | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 3:28 | comment | added | EvilSnack | IANAL, but the "deal" that the OP describes sounds like shenanigans to me. It seems to me that the chance of there being an illegality is not to be dismissed lightly. | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 0:58 | comment | added | David Siegel | @Mazura comment moved into the answer | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 0:58 | comment | added | David Siegel | @Harper one payment as stated in the linked document. "3" was a typo. Fixed now. | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 0:54 | history | edited | David Siegel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
grammer; more generic wording
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| Apr 8, 2019 at 23:18 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | "a single 3missed payment" -- A single missed payment, or 3 missed payments? | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 21:15 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | No problem - I missed the comments under the question trying to figure out for myself what the case was. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 21:12 | comment | added | David Siegel | @Azor Ahai The word "house" was in the original question, you are correct there. Perhaps i was confused by the mention of an apartment in Putvi's answer. In any case, I was not clear until the explicit comment by OP. I have now edited my answer to add clarity on this point. Does it look ok to you now? | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 21:08 | history | edited | David Siegel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
fix typo
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| Apr 8, 2019 at 20:52 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | The question (posted four hours ago) mentions the house. Your answer was posted an hour ago. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 20:43 | comment | added | David Siegel | @Azor Ahai When I wrote that, OP, had not yet mentioned that the property was a house, and the other answer was assuming an apartment. Indeed I asked OP about house vs apartment. look at the timestamps of comments and edits, please. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 20:39 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | "As I understand it, there cannot be a valid land contract for one apartment in an apartment building. A land contract must be for title to the land and all fixtures, including all buildings, on it." The OP mentions they are renting a house. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 20:17 | comment | added | Ron Beyer | It may be worth mentioning that if the OP signs this contract with the knowledge of the LL intending to defraud the municipality, that the OP would be guilty of participating in the fraud. There is no reason that the OP should sign this contract unless they have actual intention to participate in the land contract for a valid reason. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:47 | comment | added | David Siegel | @BooleanCheese the landlord cna't legally force you to sign a document cancelling your lease, or to sign whatever he will call a "land contract". Nor can he cancel the lease without your consent except for good cause as specified in the law (such as not paying rent). He could become uncooperative on other matters if you don't do as he wants. If you do cancel your lease, you lose some rights. Others are guaranteed by law as long as you are paying rent. If you sign a "land contract" what happens depends on its provisions. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:39 | comment | added | Putvi | If he really does it right yes, but if his purpose in it is to avoid inspection fees, I took it as he thinks he can use the term "land contract" and still treat you as a renter to get around inspection laws. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:37 | comment | added | BooleanCheese | @Putvi My primary concern is that this would involve forfeiting my rights as a tenant and would free him of his responsibility as a landlord. I'd become responsible for repairs and whatnot. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:35 | comment | added | Putvi | @BooleanCheese yeah, I figured he just wanted a way to cheat the city. I would just let him mess with it and go on with life if I were you. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:34 | comment | added | BooleanCheese | @Putvi You are correct in that I am not planning on buying the property and had never even heard the term before today. I do not plan on signing the land contract and I have given no cause for my landlord to terminate the current lease, but this is probably enough concern for me to find elsewhere to move when this lease is up. I have not been offered any form of compensation to sign the land contract and my landlord thinks that I'll voluntarily agree to terminate the lease and sign the land contract for the sake of helping him screw the city. This is all based on a single phonecall. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:32 | comment | added | David Siegel | The tags are what OP thinks applies, and it is a rental now. LL may well be trying to distort or misuse a "land contract", we can't really tell without seeing the proposed contract. LL may have a crazy idea that won't work, but it may harm OP in the process, if OP goes along. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:28 | comment | added | Putvi | The tags say rental property. It does not seem as though the owner is intending "land contract" to have the meaning it normally does. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:24 | history | edited | David Siegel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
apartment
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| Apr 8, 2019 at 19:18 | history | answered | David Siegel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |