Month To Month Questions
Hello
I'm about to rent my first investment prop and have a few questions
If I do a month to month rental, do I still need to get a lease contract signed... do I change the language - instead of 1 year lease 7/1/04-7/1/05 change it to month to month and have tenants initial change
Bankruptcy - if it is being dicharged does that mean they have paid their past due or deliquent charges
Thanks for your help
The definition of a month-to-month tenancy is a matter of your state law and you definitely want to get local counsel to advise you on this matter.
However, in general:
Yes, you want to have a written lease even in month-to-month situations. Fewer questions down the road. In addition in the event that you need to evict this tenant its nice to have a piece of paper to wave in front of the judge.
Yes, the modifications you suggest will be a nice begining. You also probably want to add language to the effect that the month-to-month tenancy rolls over and renews itself unless notice is given to terminate it.
A discharged bankruptcy means that the case is over. Either the prior debts were paid or they were wiped out in the bankruptcy.
Thanks Commercialking
I have always rented on a month to month basis in OR and I always used a lease agreement.
You want the contact very clear.
Oh, I have handled something like 2 or 3 evictions directly where the tenant was on such contracts and everything was fine. Very smooth process.
John
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I wanted to buy a vacation home. The mortgage broker says he won't accept month-to-month leases as proof of income; he wants year-to-year leases.