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(Germany) Does a follow-up lease contract completely supersede the old one?
In the last three years or so I had to sign a new lease contract for the same place three times:
At the very beginning of the lease
When my girlfriend moved in
When I had to get an extension for 3 ...
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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?
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Contradictory terms in a contract - which would prevail?
Suppose a lease agreement that was agreed and signed by both parties specifies the following:
Rent: £1,560.00 per calendar month (annual rent equals to eighteen thousand seven hundred and twenty ...
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NY state: a landlord is subletting an apartment but is trying to charge the renter after the move-out date
If Tenant A is trying to sublet their apartment, and the landlord finds/executes the sublease and receives payment from the new Tenant B, terminating the existing lease with Tenant A.
Is there any ...
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commision typo on an executed lease
I have this property in the Multi Listing Service (MLS). It state the cooperating commission is 5%. On the actual Lease we made a typo and placed 10% commission instead of 5% commission. The broker is ...
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Is an email legally binding for booking an apartment in Germany?
I am a visiting scientist in Heidelberg, Germany. I was unsuccessful in my search for a private apartment in town so I made a reservation request with the University guest house. They sent me a ...
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My lease front page states $1045 the start of second year but page 5 show $1145 [closed]
The front page when I pull up my lease states that on my second year my rent will go from $1095 to $1045. Once my second year hit it states that rent due is $1145. So I call and the tell me that the ...
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Roommate/co-tenant said she would renew but lied after I sign lease - invalid lease?
So, my roommates and I planned to sign a lease renewal as co-tenants in NYC. While some of the roommates already signed it, the others changed their mind last minute. This unfortunately means the ...
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Reletting from the point of view of the new tenant (AL)
How does reletting (lease assignment) usually look like for the person who is taking over a residential lease? Should there be a reletting addendum? Should the contract include the lease agreement of ...
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Culmative vs Exclusive Rights
Fellow Lawmen,
I have come across this clause in a Lease agreement & I cannot find definitions anywhere on the internet:
“The rights of the parties under this Lease are cumulative, and shall not ...
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What rights do I have as a tenant of a rental property if the property is condemnable?
My boyfriend and I are currently renting a room from a friend. The friends is the only one on the lease, and the house is in very bad shape. There has been a plumbing issue for years, but instead of ...
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Telecom fee that is mentioned in the lease but no mention of exact amount (U.S.)
My apartment lease says that the Internet has a telecom fee but there's no mention of how much the telecom fee is anywhere in the contract. In this case, am I obligated to pay this fee? Does it not ...
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Wouldn't it be hard to kick someone out who never signed a lease?
Who really has more power when a lease isn’t signed and there’s no written agreement? I know a lot of cheap rentals off craigslist do this (especially in shared living accommodations). Hypothetically ...
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What is the label associated with AirBNB?
How does one write no AirBNB into a rental contract that AirBNB or the like is forbidden? Is this merely a form of subleasing? Assume a venue of Florida.
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Is it legal for landlord to submit a post-dated check early then apply fees for it bouncing
I normally submit rent on the 1st of the month after I get paid. This month I wasn’t going to be in town on the 1st so I gave my check to my landlord early with explicit instructions to not submit the ...
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Can the Resedential Tennancy Act be included in situations where it wouldn't normally apply?
The Residential Tenancy Act list situations when it would naturally apply and when it would not.
From http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/02078_01#section2
What this Act does ...
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When can someone legally act on the behalf of another person?
I moved out of my rental home and the landlord has not returned my security deposit. It would appear that the landlord is trying to avoid me and have her friend (who is apparently a lawyer) do all the ...
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How can one try to leave a home rental lease
Person A cosigns a lease for Person B. The lease is for a house. The lease period is for one year.
The landlord agrees to allow the lease to be amended for another person, person C to be on the lease....
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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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Can a Rental Contract Supersede State Law?
After several years of habitability issues (which were eventually fixed after 4 years), our landlord is asking us to sign a settlement agreement that would release them from all liability dating back ...
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Is a text offering to cancel a lease binding?
If you are having an on-going issue for more than a year and your landlord sends a text stating
If you want to break the lease, you can forfeit your deposit and move out by the end of the month
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How long can my girlfriend stay over at my place despite not being on the lease?
I have recently signed a new lease and moved into my new place. The place I have moved in is a unit in an apartment complex. The manager of the complex told me I cannot have guests for more than 14 ...
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Can a tenant be obligated to pay rent and be forced not to live in the unit?
I’m on a month to month lease. I gave my landlord 41 days notice of intent to vacate, but they are saying they need 45 days as in the lease. The lease says I am responsible for the rent for the month ...
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Why do lease agreements commonly prohibit animals and also specifically prohibit reptiles?
I was reading over my lease agreement and noticed the following clause:
No animals or reptiles of any kind may be kept in or about the leased premises.
I thought it odd that the language seems to ...
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Does home rental agreement last after death of owner
This is in Texas
A homeowner leases a home to a renter for a one year term.
The lease agreement is written by the homeowner and is plainly worded and not done by a lawyer. There are no mentions ...
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Oops, our new apartment has bugs!
We just moved into an apartment in a great (but somewhat expensive) building. Upon move-in we found several dead centipedes on the floor. Following that, we saw several live ones, and a cockroach in ...
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Landlord forcing tenant to sign that lease has been fulfilled?
While reading over a lease agreement I saw this:
At the request of the Landlord, the Tenant shall sign a letter stating that the Landlord has fully performed all of the Landlord's agreements in ...
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Does a lease agreement survive change of owner?
I signed a year lease (August 2016-July 2017) with a realty company on a shared house (joint and several with individual rent responsibility). The company has an agreement with the house owner (whom I ...
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Is an error in a Rent Increase Notice binding?
I have just received a letter and email from my landlord stating that the rent will be increased in accordance with Residential Tenancies Act 1997.
Increased rent will be $600.00 per month, an ...
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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 tenancy be invalid if guarantor changes their mind before being legally bound
I signed a tenancy 3 days ago: I went into the agent's office and they sent me an email with an online form which contained the tenancy agreement. The form asked for a guarantor; I phoned one of my ...
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Terminating the contract early (before tenant moves in) [closed]
I live in the UK and am renting out a flat in Netherlands, my tenant gave me the deposit but the agreement states he has to pay one month in advance. Two weeks have passed since we signed contract ...
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Is lack of internet support in new apartment cause for damages?
I have recently moved into a new apartment. The lease is a private one between me and the owner (not a larger corporation). I viewed the unit in May and, come the end of the summer and a series of ...
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What if my roommate doesn't pay his rent
I'm a student and I've co-leased an apartment with another person. It is a shared lease like students do all the time. My roommate leased another place and apparently he is not showing up for this ...
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Apartment Complex REQUIRES you to Friend Them on Facebook
This one caught my eye today and I thought it would be a good topic for a question. Click here for the full story.
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City Park Apartments in Salt Lake City, Utah put a lease addendum on ...
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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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If a resolution to a dispute may involve breaking a previous contract, what should be signed to agree not to take legal action?
Disclaimer: I'm not looking for legal advice.
This is a bit of a follow up to this question. I had signed a lease that automatically switches to month to month but the landlord had admitted he made a ...
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Are tenants responsible for ensuring their guests follow the terms?
Are tenants responsible for their guests violating terms in the lease? For example if a lease says "no smoking in the building" and an invited guest smokes, could the tenant be held responsible?
What ...
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Can leasehold contracts be amended, and is this a common practice in UK?
I have recently asked following question around leasehold contract in property I am in the process of buying. It states that I am not allowed to sublet parts of building I can only sublet it as a ...
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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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Mistake in contract in my favor
Several months ago I signed a contract to lease an apartment in Utah, USA and took up residence in the said apartment. The contract was stated explicitly to run through August 25th. This is clearly ...
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Can unlicensed real estate agent sign a lease in Texas? [closed]
I signed a contract with a apartment complex with 3 months and this agent misinformed me on many things and now I want to get released out of my contract. There was a typo on pre-populated contract he ...
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End of lease - carpet cleaning almost 3x the 'minimum' amount in my lease
We recently moved out of a home that we were leasing for 12 months. When moving out, we called to ask how much carpet cleaning would be so we could determine if we wanted to hire our own company or ...
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Is it legal to restrict housing to certain occupations?
I've spoken with a landowner in the rural area of Saratoga, California, who owns a single parcel with more land than he knows what to do with, and I asked him why doesn't he build an MDU or some such, ...
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