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Updated over 7 years ago,
Tenant claims he has a lease with different terms
Good day BP
I recently purchased a 4 unit property in SE Wisconsin ( Kenosha ) prior to closing I asked the previous owner to provide the lease agreements and I tried to get them to submit an estoppel agreement but they wouldn't because it wasn't a "legal" document. Anyways I did move forward with the purchase and when meeting one of the tenants I had them fill out an estoppel form and on some things they claim do not add up to the lease agreements that were given to me by the previous owner/property manager. The tenant claims they are on a year lease through May 2018 and that his girlfriend is on the lease with him. The paper work that I originally received stated that he was on a month to month lease and he was the only occupant of the unit. My question is if he cannot produce a copy of this lease he claims he has how much responsibility falls on me to track down the documentation of his claimed lease or can I just go with t he lease that was provided to me at closing? Any advice and input would be greatly appreciated, thank you.