Just a warning for everyone.
I had tenants in my apartment for two years. On the second year, I came down and had them initial to old lease to sign for another year.
They ended up moving out three months early and did not pay for the on-going rent.
It was two months vacant before I found a suitable tenant. According to lease laws, they should have to pay me for those two months.
I took them to "court" through RTDRS. I did everything as RTDRS tells us to do.
Judge ended up having them only pay me one month, resulting in a $1200 loss for me.
I told her "What's the point of a lease?"
The tenants lied and said I told them when they signed that one months notice was enough to break it. It wasn't in writing so it should be dismissed. Also, why sign a year lease of it can be broken with a month notice?
Anyways, either laws don't matter anymore in the tenant/landlord world, or this judge knows them.
Either way, I find it incredibly unlawful and a waste of a landlords time.
Be careful.
I had tenants in my apartment for two years. On the second year, I came down and had them initial to old lease to sign for another year.
They ended up moving out three months early and did not pay for the on-going rent.
It was two months vacant before I found a suitable tenant. According to lease laws, they should have to pay me for those two months.
I took them to "court" through RTDRS. I did everything as RTDRS tells us to do.
Judge ended up having them only pay me one month, resulting in a $1200 loss for me.
I told her "What's the point of a lease?"
The tenants lied and said I told them when they signed that one months notice was enough to break it. It wasn't in writing so it should be dismissed. Also, why sign a year lease of it can be broken with a month notice?
Anyways, either laws don't matter anymore in the tenant/landlord world, or this judge knows them.
Either way, I find it incredibly unlawful and a waste of a landlords time.
Be careful.