In short we signed a month to month agreement for 1 year through a property mngr and we found out that the house has been listed on MLS prior to us signing agreement. Now both my husband and our 3 children might be out on our butts if this house sells. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US!!!
2006-12-04 05:41:57 · 4 answers · asked by Obama eat my nuts! 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
The problem here is that since you signed a month-to-month lease, you are not guaranteed to rent that house after the last day of the current month. Meaning that if it's December 25th and they sold the house as of January 1st, you would have to move, because technically you have only signed this month's lease from December 1st to December 31st. The only saviour would be if your rental agreement included a clause along the lines of "Landlord or Tenant must give 30-days notice of vacation."
You would think, however, that a decent landlord would not force you to move with less than 30 days notice. Legally speaking, however, unless notice is part of your agreement, they don't have to give it to you.
2006-12-04 05:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by shalease17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you moved in or are you worried about the one month that you have signed on for? Where I live a month to month is just that, it's not for a year. Depending on what state you're in, you could go to small claims court yourselves, so you wouldn't have to spend on an attorney either for something that is a problem you didn't cause. Make sure you have all the paperwork on your costs, including the ad you answered and anything which would back up your assertions, plus your moving expenses.
Or is the housing is not selling well where you are, meet with the landlord. Tell the landlord you have everything ready to be filed with small claims including the costs of moving twice, but that you are willing to stay if the amount of rent is lowered by ??? amount.
I hope you can get out the situation.
2006-12-04 13:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This doesn't really make sense. How can you be on a month-to-month lease, for one year?
It might vary by state, but if you are actually on a month-to-month lease, your new landlord still has to abide by your lease terms. Which might give him as little as 30 days notice for you to vacate, which would be the typical timeframe allowed on a month to month lease.
If you are on a year lease, there's nothing the new landlord can do to remove you until the term is over. The lease is binding, regardless of ownership of the property. It carries over to the new owner.
Talk to the management company, see if they'll give you some real information. Perhaps they can find another unit for you, and give you some type of credit for moving costs if you have to move so early. But, ultimately, if you signed a month to month lease, this is the risk you took, that they could vacate you on short notice. If you took that option for your own benefit, too bad for you.
2006-12-04 13:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your lease. If you signed a month-to-month lease, then what are you worried about. You can give the owners one month notice and then leave to another place, or the owners can give you one month notice to move.
Why did YOU want a month-to-month? Is it because you might want to move? Why do you think owners are willing to do month-to-month leases? It's because the plans they have for the house may change with short notice.
To me, the big question would be showings. Usually, for a 12 month lease, the property can be shown at all reasonable hours during the last month. Check what your lease says about showing the house to prospective buyers...
2006-12-04 14:06:07 · answer #4 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋