Questions tagged [residential-lease]
Leases for residential living purposes.
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Arbitration: Favored Way of Resolving Disputes or Equal Footing?
In a recent answer on SE @ _ohwilleke writes:
that the case law does make clear that the standard to apply the
arbitration clause is relatively modest especially where one party has
signed the ...
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What's the penalty for breaking a residential lease in NorCal?
What's the penalty for breaking a residential lease?
For example, in the Bay Area in Northern California.
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Typo on Lease, Who is Responsible?
The lease agreement for my rental home clearly says that the landlord is responsible for paying for garbage services. However, after asking why I hadn't received our garbage bins yet, the leasing ...
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Is rent acceleration legal in Texas?
Texas Association of Realtors' Sample Lease has the following:
B. If Tenant fails to timely pay all amounts due under this lease or otherwise fails to comply with this lease,
Tenant will be in ...
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Is occupation distinct from "source of income"?
As per California Government Code, section 12955, it's illegal to discriminate housing accommodation based on the source of income.
However, what about the occupation itself? For example, is it ...
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Can my landlord require me to agree to third-party terms of service if they install a smart lock on my door during my lease?
I am in the middle of my current fixed-term lease and have always had a mechanical key-based lock on my apartment door. My landlord has announced that the doors of all apartments will shortly be ...
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Is it legal for landlord to prohibit subleasing, under Texas law?
It's quite common that plans change, and a residential lease must be broken.
Of course, since one has agreed to pay the full price of the lease, they're on the hook for it, unless they can find ...
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If an AirBnB host doesn't disclose that it's not allowed, in which countries does a landlord have direct recourse against the *guest*?
So this question stems from an article on cbc, describing how it can happen that an AirBnB host rents an apartment in a block where short term rentals are forbidden. The article states that in some ...
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Can California landlords protect against tenants paying retainer instead of rent?
I've heard that in San Francisco, with a landlord that's not on top of his things, and a tenant who doesn't care about his credit report, it would be cheaper to withhold rent and pay a retainer ...
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Assignment and subletting of leasehold in UK
I am planning on buying a worn down property that has 4 big rooms to fix it up, and then rent out 2 out of 4 rooms - room by room. I would live with my family in the other two (at least for the ...
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I don't have a lease and my landlord is threatening to kick me out immediately
This is embarrassing and I realize I should have done things differently. I live in a shared home and pay rent to the lease holder. He doesn't want me to live here anymore and has given me a few days ...
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Can I electronically "sign" a lease agreement?
My landlord emailed me a copy of our new lease as a PDF document. I am to print it out, initial each page and then sign and date the last page, scan it, and email it back to him.
Can't I simply ...
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At the end of a lease, who owns the parts used in repairs?
I have found it is usually the landlord who is responsible for most repairs and this is specified in the lease (barring tenant negligence or other stated reasons why a tenant would be responsible). ...
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Without a lease, how to establish Maryland residency for driver's license?
I have worked/rented in Maryland for 18mo, but the coworker I rent a room from won't give me a lease (and I do not wish to create any problems with him by insisting).
Can I get my driver's license ...
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Is a 60 day move-out notice on month-to-month lease legal? (Texas)
My 6 month lease ends July 15th and I want to move out as soon as possible. My lease agreement specifies:
"After that (July 15), this lease will automatically renew month-to-month unless either ...
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Protection against late signature on a lease
Let's say Aaron (property owner) and Bob (prospective tenant) are considering entering into a lease. They reach preliminary agreement verbally, and so Aaron drafts a lease agreement, signs it, and ...
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Can a Tenant Dispute the Validitiy of a Lease Signed by the Landlord's Spouse?
Suppose Rachel & Jared ("Tenants") enter into a lease agreement with Robert and Robert's wife, Elizabeth, signs the lease:
This lease is made on January 1, 2023 between Rachel & ...
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Is a residential lease signed by one's spouse valid?
Suppose a landlord and tenant enter into a lease agreement where the landlord is named in the lease agreement but the landlord's spouse signs the lease. Is such a lease enforceable in court?
For ...
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Is an Arbitraton Agreement Binding During a Month to Month Tennacy in NJ? [closed]
Suppose that a tenant, T, has been renting an apartment for several years in NJ. The initial term of the lease was for 1 year and then converted into a month to month tenancy after the first year.
The ...
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Am I at fault? Can I get my security deposit back from Landlord?
I signed a weekly rental agreement in Pennsylvania to live in someone's home. I ended up not staying and I text messaged the landlord that I left and no longer wished to stay. The landlord says he ...
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What restrictions/limitations can take place to apartment parking mid-lease?
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I had moved into a new apartment back in February, 2015. The building was brand new, but the business running it doesn't seem to be. In the Summer of 2015, a music festival started taking ...
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Checkout inspection - please clarify
I read this: "Within a reasonable time after either the
landlord or the tenant gives notice of
termination of the tenancy or before the end of
the lease term, the landlord must generally
notify the ...
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What legal course is there with a bad neighbor?
I have a very bad neighbor. What legal recourse do I have? I feel like I'm stumbling in the dark.
I find myself at a loss for an appropriate Stack Exchange site. Perhaps "workplace" or "parenting" ...
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