Our tenant gave us a 10-day notice that they will vacate. In Oregon, the tenant is normally required to give the landlord a 30-day notice at the end of their lease or if they are month-to-month. Our lease provides the landlord the option to choose a 1.5x monthly rent early lease termination fee or actual costs to rent the unit.

My question is, does the tenant need to provide a 30-day notice and pay rent for the subsequent 30 days along with the 1.5x monthly rent early termination fee OR can the tenant vacate with a shorter notice and only be responsible for the 1.5x monthly rent early termination?

Thanks in advance!

My tenant pays on the 1st, obviously to cover the whole month. Does the 30 day period have the be from the 1st to the end of the month? Or could I send them a notice to end their lease on the 10th of the month, to end the 10th of the following month? I’ve been researching but can’t find an answer…

I am going to this right now and I am also in California. My landlord rented us a house nice big backyard in front yard detachable garage but there's a small studio at the bottom that he already rented out to a lady and told us that she would be moving by December and we would be able to have that part because it goes with the house. The house is ran on 1 m meter and all the utilities are in mine in my husband's name she doesn't pay any utilities or bills such as the yard care that the landlord said we are also responsible for. He told us we wouldn't even know she was here but comes day three of living in our new home haven't even got a chance to unpack and she already comes up to the door bangs on the door and told us we need to be quiet. She said we are walking too much across the floor. I just looked at her and shut the door. Now everyday since that day which was back at the end of September when we moved in she has been using some type of maybe broomstick or something to bang on her ceiling which is our floor as soon as my daughter walks from the living room to the kitchen she bangs if my husband comes home and brings his work the home cuz it has wheels on the bottom of it she bangs and not just once or twice she bangs five six times loud. The landlord has came to my house two three times because of her and his solution was after 9:00 we cannot run our dishwasher we can't use our garbage disposal we can't do our laundry past 9:00 we can't let the baby run or walk across the floor past 9:00 actually he said if we can just stay on one side of the house after 9:00. So of course between me and my husband I am the more forgiving and get over stuff fast type of person my husband is not so I told him that I don't want to commit to any agreement but okay 9:00 I will have my two-year-old daughter try to calm down which isn't easy because she fights her sleep and that's when she's most hyper but then because I was nice to stop doing my laundry past 9:00 and didn't stop using my dishwasher completely of course she's going to complain about something else so now 11:30 in the afternoon 1:45 in the day 3:00 in the day 6:00 in the afternoon 7:00 in the afternoon she starts banging all day long because she hears us walking from the living room to the kitchen are we supposed to float are we supposed to stop living we pay a lot of money to live in this two bedroom less than a thousand square feet and on top of that we pay all the bills and we have to live how she wants us to live. This lady doesn't go nowhere she doesn't ever leave she doesn't do anything she don't even take out the garbage she doesn't pick up her dog's poop she doesn't take care of her car that was one of the stipulations in our lease agreement that we are not to have unregistered non-working cars but of course she gets away with that too. So now it's an issue when it comes to the bills last month our bill for PG&e was about $50 for the month of October but it's cold now and for the month of November it's above triple that and we don't use our heater that much I want to say maybe 10 nights out of the whole month and we turn it on around 11:30 12:00 at night and we keep it on for 2-3 hours then get up and shut it off. My bill shows something being used all day and night My husband's getting tired of it cuz I just let most of it go in her banging I try to just ignore it sometimes it will get to me and I'll say something like stop being on my wall But last night she called the police because my husband got home from work later than usual about 9:30 And my daughter got excited jumped off the couch ran over there to give her a hug she started banging so I told him just ignore it so I'm in the kitchen finishing dinner making him a plate and sure enough she's banging cuz my daughter's yelling Dada look Dada look she's telling us to shut up be quiet And we're not even above where she's at so when she called the police she told them that there was a domestic violence situation upstairs. The police came knocked on the door but when he looked out we didn't see anybody so he said who is it and they told him to open the door they open the door had hands on their guns was standing at a distance like he was a threat. In my two-year-old daughter was in our arms. When we told them nothing was wrong nobody was fighting nobody needs help that we just got done from eating dinner they left and my husband was pissed so he went around the back and he turned the studio electricity off. Now next day in the morning landlord is calling telling us that this is unacceptable that we need to turn the electricity on. But my husband told him he's not paying for electricity for her to be using so now it's a big old thing we need to find someone who knows what we need to do.

I was not ready nor did I want to rent my beach house in Florida after moving full time back to Rhode Island for my fiancé. My realtor said he had a couple who really needed a place and loved mine. I allowed them to move in two weeks early prior to their lease starting with no charge under the stipulation I had many personal belongings there and it would have to stay in the spare room until December. This was no issue at all.

I called back in October to let them know I would be down to pick my stuff up early. He informed me that they decided to bring it all to Goodwill since they wanted the spare bedroom. I went to asses the situation with the sheriffs department as an escort. Knowing it is a civil suit I decided not to go further since being an airline pilot I didn’t want to take more time away from my fiancé being on the road. We are talking two king size mattresses, 4 TV’s, PlayStation 5, gaming laptop, a box of all childhood and pictures.

I did find a few other nostalgic items from my career that they did still have. So I placed them in a utility room where they would stay since I could not take them being on a layover. I informed them I would be down next week to retrieve the rest. They say all those dates do not work and I would need to change the date to what works for them. I can’t do this. Being unreasonable should I just get a deputy escort and go in with the 24 hour notice if they are truly not there? I will say, I never wanted to be a landlord and I understand I was wrong for giving them benefit of the doubt. I just wanted to be the good person from the start and have a great relationship with my tenants.

We gave 60 days notice for our month to month lease of a SFH so our last day would be Dec 31st.

Landlord wants to move new tenant in on Dec 17 which is fine since we're already moved out and everything is cleaned.

Landlord wants to take possession of property Dec 6th to do repairs/deferred maintenance/painting.

Would our rent be prorated to Dec 6th or Dec 17th?

I would think it would be the 6th since they'll be painting/doing things that would prevent us from using the property. We've lived there 5 years.

My grandparents and parents owned rentals, so I grew up watching them do all the hard work involved -- collecting rent and eviction law especially.

I have a young 21 year old employee who just has every gift in the world, and I've got some maturing properties I want to give to her once we have an eviction of the current resident.

Does anyone have any advice on how I can help my new hire handle the landlord duties? Also -- does anyone have experience with a resident becoming staff? Is that a bad idea on its face, or smart landlording?

The tenants in my rental house have decided to purchase a home and will be closing at the end of the month (December 2024). They signed a year long lease to occupy the rental house from February 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025. The tenants would like to break the lease by end of December 2024 and they are presumably not wanting to pay for the month of January which they are contractually obligated to.

What's different about this situation is that I, the landlord, will be planning to move back into the house once the lease is completed. NC law states that landlords must make reasonable efforts to re-rent the property for the duration of the lease. Obviously, we do not need to find a tenant to occupy the property for a month as I will be moving back into the property. Are there any scenarios where the tenant is not obligated to pay for the remainder of the lease assuming that I, the landlord, move back into the property once they have moved out? Their contract was signed for a year and they are looking to get out a month early (presumably without paying rent for the final month)

Hi everyone. First time poster on this subreddit. I am posting on the behalf of my father who is in his mid 70's.

The tenant/occupant is a family member . There is no lease agreement. He has been living here for 20 years. He is 50 years old, but he has gotten dramatically worse over the past two years. He is not violent, but things could escalate. He pretty much does not care/make an effort to improve his life.

He does all kinds stupid stuff. He urinates all over the bathrooms, leaves his beer bottles/dirty dishes all over the house, steals stuff, hangs his urinated cloths to dry instead of washing them and has been verbally aggressive, especially when he is drunk forcing everyone to clean up after him. He refuses to take accountability. On top of that, he is functionally illiterate. As in, he does not know how to create/use an email account, nor does he know how to toggle off do not disturb mode.

He is also involved in a workers comp case.

With that being said, what options can my father pursue, and how do I convince him to do so ?

I pretty much want him out of the house .

What insurance companies do you recommend for multifamily properties? I have a late 1800s-built 6-unit walk up in Chicago.

These tenants have been the stuff of nightmares. They don't pay rent, they disturb the neighbors, and they leave trash all over. I did an inspection before deciding to evict and I kid you not, there were actual piles of feces on the floor throughout the whole unit. I posted the first eviction notice several weeks ago (https://imgur.com/a/KInTMVE) and thought that would be the end of it. When the time came for them to leave the premises, they were not only still living in the unit, but there was now fecal matter and trash outside as well. Totally disgusting and a biohazard. I tried to talk to them, but when I knocked, I could hear them scurrying away from the door to pretend like they weren't home. I called the police, but they said they don't have any jurisdiction in this area and couldn't give me any recommendations on who to contact. I thought maybe they just hadn't seen the notice, so I posted a final warning (https://imgur.com/a/wwcvImu). This didn't work either. It's been weeks since then, and I'm so frustrated I'm literally ready to set up some kind of box-and-stick trap to catch them when they walk out the door. How do you all deal with something like this when law enforcement won't help?

We are in Illinois, not Cook County or Chicago though. Adult tenant said it was him and his sister aged 16 living in the unit.

They havent paid rent in 2 months and we actually found out the sister is 29 and has a bankruptcy under her belt. We suspect he doesn’t even live there, he probably rented it for her since she wouldn’t qualify otherwise.

Can we have her also included in the eviction? Do we have any legal recourse here? Even if we never get our money I want this to hit BOTH their records. They have been nightmare tenants in so many ways.

I have an inherited rental property in unincorporated east Los Angeles from my grandfather. The lease the tenant signed with my grandfather explicitly states no dogs or pets. I am just now getting around to putting the lease under my name (should have done it sooner, I know). During Covid, the tenant got a dog and took advantage of the fact that animals were not just cause evictions. In the new lease I am writing I again reiterate that no dogs are allowed. Tenant is now claiming the dog he didn’t disclose of for 3 years is an emotional support animal to help with his son’s depression but does not have any supporting documentation. The dog has ripped up the flooring and damaged cabinet doors. Am I allowed to charge back pet rent?

(Tenant) My partner and I went to a showing of an apartment yesterday. The price is decent for the size but the place is really dinged up, it looks like they haven't done even wear and tear repair since buying the property in 2016. There's brownish gray outlet plugs, there's vinyl flooring sheets that are peeling in the entire apt with small-medium wear and tear holes where it's just completely gone. There's a badly patched hole in the wall (uneven surface) and instead of fixing a ding in the kitchen cabinets (I can tell there's a ding, cause they didn't bother to smooth out the hole) they just painted over it with thick white paint when they were a beautiful red wood stain before... some of these kitchen cabinets hingers are also broken/crooked so the cabinets don't lay straight. They also have a private back patio fenced, and instead of fencing around it like the neighbors, it looks like they just stapled 4x8 osb board (the short way) to the neighboring 6 ft fence behind it. The bi folding doors covering the w/d were missing the door guide (so a door could just be peeled back/off)

But the most worrying thing is in the cabinets were dead, small roaches. And in the back of cabinets, some cabinets were away from the wall/had no cabinet backs to them and/or just general gaps in the back or sides of the cabinet...

This property is represented by a realty group. When we did the walk through, the lady told me that they do a thorough 56 page walk through inspection with me so I don't get charge for the existing wear and said that they could do a free spray prior to move in as well as fix the gaps in the cabinets/fill the back of the cabinet/etc. That theyll fix anything that needs to be. I did not think to ask about the floors, but clearly it's cheap vinyl that probably shouldn't have been mopped that did. Or that is just super tired after 8 years of being untouched...

My question is, should I trust that they'll fix it? What's in reason for me to ask about? Why wouldn't they have fixed this prior to move in, how do they expect to get a tenant this way? How picky can I be once I sign? Is it in reason to ask for the floor replaced, holes patched, door guide replaced, etc? I figure the outlets are cosmetic so I was planning on replacing those myself... ? Is that the correct thing to do? Do I just have to live with these damages and have them write it down so I'm not charged on move out? I really am worried most about the cabinet gaps and finding dead, small roach-like bugs... is any of this someone I could ask before signing, like me getting approved and picked but before big move in costs? I don't want them to just go with someone else because I'm "picky" or "problematic" for just wanting a decent place to live... is there any fear that they'll change the price on me if I ask for these repairs? Maybe the price is right because it's ugly and fixing it will make the price more for m, as the tenant?

Sorry if this is a bit of a repeat question from anyone in the forum. Most of the posts I was seeing about repairs were after move in or from long term tenants. Any advice on what I should do and ask for that maybe I havent thought about woukd also be appreciated! Thanks!

I have a rental property in TX that is currently under my name (used to be my primary residence). I have an LLC set up and want to transfer the deed to LLC, but want to know how much property insurance increased as a result. Insurance companies won’t give a quote for whatever reason. Thank you.

I want to replace all of the locks for my multiunit. It would be best if I could find some locks that have different keys per unit but I would like to have a master key so that I can access all of the units with 1 key. Is this a thing? If so, where can I purchase these sets?

I live with the tenant in a duplex. These past few months I’ve been mainly focused on my unit as I rented him the nicer one. I have all the issues fixed in mine now and am planning to move. The exterior of the home needs some cosmetic work, but I figure I don’t need to live there to do it, plus the rental income from my current unit will help cover the cost.

I can see the tenant possibly getting upset I’m moving without fully repairing the home.

Should I shoot them a text now that I plan to make the exterior repairs this spring? Or don’t say anything unless they bring it up?

Throwaway here.

We bought a single family house last year that was used as a rental before. Previous owner said the license transfers over to use because of the state. We fixed it up, rented the upstairs as we lived there. Then we bought a house for us and rented the rest of the property. Now we looked into license and apparently the license never transferred and we have to get our own license.

How risky is our current situation? We had a tenant in the past that got into a disagreement with us over the use of the backyard and threatened to go to county to get our license revoked(yeah right lmao) but they ended up just leaving the property.

Will it be one of those cases of having a wooden piece lodged in you and better to keep it in rather than take it out? Or would it be better to apply for the license and hopefully the state doesn't pickup that we're renting without a license? We are on a mortgage with very good homeowners insurance, all tenant have great backgrounds good people and have renters insurnace of 50k per occurrence. We appreciate any support on this.

We live in a house with a landlord and other tenants. The problem is that all shared spaces have become virtually unusable due to the landlords animal, who he refuses to feed, buy supplies for, or take to the vet.

The animal is old and clearly sick. They eat three times a day and vomit twice a day in common areas. They attack our feet and throw themselves at us whenever we leave our room. They claw at our door in the night and scream because the landlord won’t let them in his room. They have also eaten multiple clothing items of ours that are on shoe racks and vomited on our clothing in the laundry area.

What are we legally able to do? What choices do we have?

Is it reasonable to prohibit any political or ideological flags or signs being displayed on the outside of the house?

I am starting to put up Wyze cams for the common areas and parking lots of my properties. The SD cards hold a few weeks of continuous recordings. I am debating whether to put a clause in future leases that states Tenant must notify Landlord immediately after an accident so landlord may save the footage. As we are all aware, we need to notify our insurance promply of any potential claims or they may attempt to disclaim. I want to do this because if a tenant doesn't notify me until months after an accident (perhaps through a lawsuit), I wont have the video to look back at. However, I can see downsides to doing this too. Any other pros and cons to doing something like this?

My husband and I will be moving cross-country for his surgical internship, and we'll be bringing along our six dogs.

We won't know our exact destination until match day in March, and he is expected to start work sometime in June. Given the short time frame and the possibility that he might go to a different residency program afterward, we believe renting a home makes the most sense for us.

However, we have six dogs, and neither of us has ever been a tenant before, so I'm uncertain about what landlords typically look for when it comes to pets.

My income alone is 7-8 times the median rent in the areas we are considering, and both of our credit scores are above 750. We have also rented Airbnbs before with all six pets and have received positive reviews, with hosts remarking that they couldn’t tell we had dogs and that I left the place cleaner than any previous guest.

I am very detail-oriented and like my home to look immaculate. My dogs are well-behaved, non-destructive, and even when they go outside to use the bathroom, I watch them closely, and they are never left outside alone. I work from home, and they mostly spend their day lounging in my home office.

What can I do when applying to make landlords more comfortable with my application? Should I include a letter with photos, along with the weight and ages of my dogs? Would it be advisable to offer a larger security deposit upfront?

I want to make the cross-country transition as seamless as possible, and if I find a home I want to rent, I want to do everything I can to secure it.

Hi,

I haven't come across this situation before and am not sure how to proceed. Had a young female tenant move in 2 weeks ago with a boyfriend/roommate. Both are named on the lease, only the first one signed (the other did not come to lease signing, due to work schedules).

Got contacted today about getting boyfriend/roommate off the lease/out of the property as he is damaging/destroying the other person's things, they don't feel safe with him there and they are scared of damage to my property.

My hope is that they can get to sorted out between them, he leaves on his own and we can change the lease to just the one tenant, but something tells me it will have to go through official/legal channels.

I just... don't know how to proceed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OntarioLandlord/s/HV89Gvz8jb

Currently going through a nonpayment case with tenant. Today, I was using the portable heater, washer, dryer, and overhead hair dryer all at the same time. The power completely went out and I was able to fix it within seconds by turning the power breaker switch on. This happened two to three times today until I eventually just turned off the portable heater.

Due to hostile environment and past harassment from tenant, I locked the door going down to basement when I was doing laundry to prevent interactions with the tenant. There is only one washer and dryer so it’s one person use at a time. When I leave and I am done using the laundry room, I make sure to unlock the door to give tenant access to laundry room. According to lease, tenant is allowed to use washer and dryer. It’s only locked for about 2 hours while I complete laundry. I am pregnant and for the safety of my myself and my child, I try to avoid stressful situations as this nonpayment case is already stressful.

Tenant called the cops accusing me of turning off the electricity while she was playing her music (which goes against lease because it’s extremely loud and disturbs others but that’s another story). When the cops came, the lights were on. The electricity was only off for a few seconds each occurrence to give me time to turn the power switches back on. I know it is illegal to turn off electricity on tenants so that’s not something I would intentionally do. Can my nonpayment case get thrown out for the power breaker cutting out?

As for locking the door while doing laundry, is that illegal? I am the legal owner of the house. The cops told me I shouldn’t lock it which didn’t make sense to me.

Hi everyone,

So the scariest thing happened to me... I received an application from a young guy who had excellent credit, great income, and a clean background. I did my verification and approved him. We scheduled a final walk through a week before his move-in. To my surprise a COMPLETELY different man than who was shown on ID + SOCIAL MEDIA showed up along with his sister. In fear of violence and due to the fact i am a young, petite woman who was outnumbered, I very quickly did the tour within minutes and sent them on their way. (I know this could've gone badly) I immediately reached out to let him know I would not be moving forward. I was too afraid to sneak a photo to show authorities.

ANOTHER instance of Identity Theft was with another tenant the same week.. I met her once for a showing. She submitted her app, everything looked good and landlord references and employment verification came back good. Red flags were raised when her ID showed she was 47 years old... but she CLEARLY looked much younger. At most, mid 30s.... I thought I was overreacting UNTIL the day came for her to pick up keys where she came in smelling like weed smoke (she said she was a "non smoker"... red flag) Anyways, after the final walk through I asked to see her ID.. She didn't have it.. So I asked her to confirm her age and DOB she said she was 45.. 2 YEARS YOUNGER than what's on her ID. I could tell she was getting very nervous. I pointed this out and she shrugged and said "...oh. well it was just a 2 year mistake." She then ignored my request for her DOB and asked can she just go grab her ID.. I canceled her contract. Please tell me that I didn't overreact on this!

Any advice on how to avoid tenant identity theft cases would really help!! I use Zillow applications!!

What websites do you all recommend to filter out some of the more troublesome tenants? Where do I check if a potential tenant has had an eviction?

Thanks

Title sums it up. I shared my lease with the HOA management, as required, and they informed me I'd have to pay $800 per year to rent the house out. This is not indicated anywhere in the bylaws. Are they allowed to do this?