QUESTION ON MONTH TO MONTH LEASE-- NEW JERSEY

[Kyle Lofland]

Question for the forum.. I have an investment property in Union City on the market... 7 apartments and 2 retail store fronts.. Each tenant does not have a lease.. they are all month to month..  In New Jersey, how easy is it to get someone to move out of a month to month lease if the new buyer wants to?  Each tenant's rent is currently well below market values....

any help would be great to tell me if it's easy to remove month to month tenants.

[Larry S.]

As @Jonathan Greene said, it's hard in NJ to get a tenant out.  In Union City it's even harder.  UC has some of the most tenant friendly laws around. Back in April UC passed an ordinance preventing eviction of tenants for any reason (https://www.ucnj.com/web_conte...) which I believe landlords sued to have overturned.  The rent control in UC is about as strict as you'll find too, so a potential buyer could have a lot of trouble raising rents, which I imagine is something you've seen yourself.  

If I were you, I'd try to contact the Union City Housing Initiative. They would probably have good information for you.