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Leases And Tenants - The Spooky Tenant


You, Mr. Landlord are pleased to find qualified tenants for your rental house. The man and woman sign a one-year lease on Tuesday.

On Thursday the male tenant contacts you and says they have changed their minds because his girlfriend thinks she sees "dead people" in the bathroom.

He expects you to cancel the lease!

What do you do, hire an exorcist?

No, you smile and softly explain... "Listen Bub, that was a legal contract you signed. It binds both of us to everything printed on those sheets of paper.... the laws says so, that's who!

And that's true... both parties must agree to break a legal contract... it can't be done unilaterally (usually). In this case the contract is the well prepared, solid gold lease.

Is your reluctant tenant on the hook for an entire year's worth of monthly lease payments?

It brings a tear to the eye of we hard boiled landlords... but he probably is not obligated to pay rent for the entire year.

Courts have ruled that the landlord has to make a good-faith effort to find a new tenant for the unit as soon as possible.

As soon as one is found the original crybaby is released from the contract.

The cost of renting to the new tenant can be deducted from the security deposit you collected from Mr. Crybaby. That includes advertising and a copy of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas you give him as a go-away gift.

About The Author -

Mark Walters is a real estate investor and author. His published works can be found at his web site... http://www.CashFlowInstitute.com

  


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Boston Globe

UPDATE: Exxon Mobil, Chevron Top Bidders In Gulf Lease Sale
CNNMoney.com - Aug 20, 2008
(XOM) was the top bidder on the latest Gulf of Mexico Western Lease Sale organized this week by the US Interior Department, underlying the company's ...
Gulf energy lease sale bids The Associated Press
Statoil bids $61 million for offshore tract Houston Chronicle
Statoil pays $61M for Gulf lease Edmonton Journal
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Vancouver Sun

US Auto Makers, Dealers To Feel Sting Of Leasing Pullback
CNNMoney.com - Jul 31, 2008
Deterioration of the leasing market is forcing Detroit's Big Three to offer fewer and less-generous lease deals, in many cases giving dealers one less perk ...
Lease woes sting automakers DetNews.com
Chrysler Gets a Jolt of Lease Traffic Wall Street Journal
Carmakers are offering fewer lease deals, and at higher cost ... Newsday
MarketWatch - The Gazette (Montreal)
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Industry-First Hybrid Battery Lease, Other Incentives Power ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 9 hours ago
Navistar is also introducing two new leasing programs on DuraStar Hybrid. Navistar is offering a 60-month fair market value lease on the DuraStar Hybrid, ...


Airlines ink lease deals
Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - 18 hours ago
By Ed Marcum (Contact) Flexibility seemed to be the goal for several airlines that just concluded lease agreements at McGhee Tyson Airport. And they got it, ...


Airport board to study lease deal
Helena Independent Record, MT - 22 hours ago
The authority’s executive committee also will report on whether the airport board has the authority to lease property, and whether officials properly ...


Cambridge company says Microsoft lease is unfair
Cambridge Chronicle, MA - Aug 20, 2008
But Ragon said InterSystems’ lease for doesn’t expire until 2013 — with five-year renewal options — and the agreement gives his Cambridge-bred database ...


Fitch Rates LA Convention Center Authority, CA, $261.2MM Lease Rev ...
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
The bonds are secured by the City of Los Angeles' lease rental payments to the authority for the use of the convention center. ...


Three Leases Signed at Tower for
GlobeSt. com, NY - 5 hours ago
A tower spokesman says the leases bode well for the West Loop building. "This is important because it shows that leasing activity is strong," the spokesman ...


Willis Lease soaring as planes grounded
Novato Advance, CA - Aug 20, 2008
The reason engine renting is so profitable for Willis Lease is because it’s such an inexpensive alternative for airlines, said Nunemaker. ...


GM to trim lease deals for 3 of its brands
Detroit Free Press, United States - Aug 19, 2008
BY JEWEL GOPWANI • FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER • August 19, 2008 Dealers learned Monday that the only lease deal they'll have to offer for those brands ...
GM to bring back employee prices DetNews.com
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