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Michael Miller
  • Kalamazoo, MI
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Can I quit a lease to renovate a unit? (MICHIGAN)

Michael Miller
  • Kalamazoo, MI
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I recently acquired a 3-unit building.  Two of the units and the residents living within are great.  One is terrible.  The unit is in awful condition, likely because there are too many people living in the 2-bedroom unit (at least 3 adults and 4 children), and their lifestyle habits have caused them to break something almost weekly (shower mixing valve cartridge, rails, cabinets, stairs, etc.).  To top it off, they leave trash on the lawn, for which I must pay the city to clean it up if I don't get to it first.

Can I simply quit their lease for the sake of renovating the unit?  To me, that is really necessary.  If the city inspects, and they should soon, I'll have so many fines by this time due to the damage wrought by these residents.  Or, should I attempt eviction on other grounds?  Currently, they are late on rent, so it may be that I wont need to worry about this.

Any comments will be appreciated.

-mc

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Michael Miller
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Michael Miller
  • Kalamazoo, MI
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Thank you all.  I'll be hiring an attorney to make sure.  These are 'professional' tenants.

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