All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

I’d love to keep them. Mainly just worried about the November turnover but I’ll just cross that Bridge when I get to it. 

 I wouldnt give them a year lease. Either 6 month, M2M or find new long term tenants. Just not sure the benefit of M2M over 6 month if they are leaving in 6 month anyway. 

 How would M2M be better than the 6 month if they plan on leaving in 6 months anyway? 

The lease would end in November, but the tenants are great

 Yeah, I guess my issue is I'm unclear as to what the state code implies exactly. Seems to just say must give 30 days notice, but I take that as meaning at least 30 days

 The law seems to state that the tenant must give 30 days notice for MTM. It doesn't make clear whether or not the notice can be more than that if required by the landlord though

I have a tenant whose lease is ending in about 2 months, and a month ago I gave him 30 days to let me know if he plans on renewing (giving me 60 days to advertise). Today, the last day before I required the response, he told me he is looking for a new job and to buy a house near that job. Because he doesn't know where the job will be yet, he doesn't know where to look for the house yet. Essentially, he knows he will want to move out a few months after the beginning of the new term, but doesn't know when yet because of these unknowns.

My first thought was to have him sign a month to month agreement beginning at the end of the current lease, requiring a 90 day notice if he plans to break it. 

My first question is: Is that type of agreement enforceable, or does the NJ state law that says 30 days is required to break a MTM lease trump that contract?

Second: Should I just not renew with him at all? This is my first turnover so maybe I'm reluctant to let a good tenant go, but maybe because of that I'm not thinking about it logically. I anticipated a clean yes or no to renewal, not this.

The MTM option also runs the risk of a turnover during the winter, which I hear is harder to fill.

I’ll be house hacking in a 3 unit soon, and the unit I’m moving into is currently occupied by a tenant with a cat. My girlfriend is really allergic to cats. Does anyone have any experience with successfully removing cat dander from a vacant unit?

I’ll have a few weeks to a month after the tenant moves out to do this. I figure I would deep clean, repaint and run a hepa filter during this time. However I’m still a little worried about it, especially the ducts and various crevices in the unit.

 Thanks Steve. This property is in Edison, and I’m closing on a property in Jersey City this month. Already emailed my attorney and he’s on it. I figured the 90 days gives them the 30 days required to make a decision, plus 60 days for me to advertise in the case they decide not to stay 

Should I send them that new lease to sign along with the raised rent letter, or wait until they agree to it? Basically, I don't have a new lease ready yet, but I want to give them a good heads up about the rent raises