Early Notice Recourse

[Jack Nazarian]

Greetings BP Fam,

I have inherited 2 month to month tenants in the state of Ohio from the previous landlord of the property I recently purchased. My plan was to have them remain in place until March 31st and then i would want the property to be vacated to begin a renovation. I gave both tenants notice to vacate the premises in December so nearly four months notice.

One of the tenants has given me his notice that he would be moving out at the end of January prior to my PM getting said tenant to sign a new lease. He gave his notice on 1/9/23, which if he leaves on 1/31/23 would be much less than a 30 day notice.

My question is, am i screwed because of the lack of a signed agreement between us? In Ohio I read there is still a minimum 30 day notice by law that both parties need to give as a floor.

Would the previous lease that I inherited take precedent and allow for some sort of recourse?

The reason I am being a stickler about this is because I can not get a GC in there until April so I am high, dry, and vacant in one unit for two months.

Your help and wisdom is greatly appreciated!