All Forum Posts by: Ted Lo
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Post: Landlord issues with people staying over due to covid19
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Originally posted by @Anna Sagatelova:
@Ted Lo so you want to break the lease unrelated to any Covid-19 related hardship - that's gonna be a hard sell for most managers. Why should they let you just walk away from the binding contract you signed, stating you'd occupy their unit and pay rent for x amount of time?
Read your lease and see if it has a clause for early termination.
Right now I’m more concerned of my sisters situation
Post: Landlord issues with people staying over due to covid19
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Originally posted by @Anna Sagatelova:
@Ted Lo I'm not following how having to work from home forced you to vacate your apartment and move with your family.
I just decided myself to work at my family home to be with my parents for the time being. I’m still paying for rent at my apartment but decided recently I wanted to break my lease. I’m not forced to vacate my apartment I just decided myself to be with my family. And it just also happened that my sister needed help cause she is working with coronavirus patients and the people she lived with didn’t want her there. So since I was at my family home and my apartment was empty I let her stay there for the time being until she figured out her next move. But she has decided to move back home too which she will be doing in 2.5 weeks as she recently put in her resignation letter for work
Post: Landlord issues with people staying over due to covid19
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Originally posted by @Frank Procopio:
As a landlord honesty goes a long way. If your trying to end your lease early because your effected by covid 19 I am sure your landlord would prefer that vs you staying and not paying, especially with the moratorium on evictions . I had a few tenants turn in keys after not paying April and may. I have a great appreciation for them vs the tenants that are not paying or taking advantage of the pandemic
Sorry let me clear this up a little more.
The situation is that I am currently working from my family home. I moved back due to wfh announcement at my company until the end of the year. So the apartment that I have was empty but I am still paying rent. My sister lost her place due to working with COVID-19 patients and I offered her my place for the time being which has been a month so far. Yesterday was when not the owner but the realtor manager dropped by because he saw her car in my parking spot. She is moving in 2.5 weeks actually because she has found a new place. I am currently trying to break my lease early since I am no longer physically living in my apartment.
I am still paying the rent there but just not living there. My sister needed a place to stay for a while so I offered her the place so she is living there. We are concerned the landlord might be mad because she is not on the lease.
Post: Landlord issues with people staying over due to covid19
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Originally posted by @Ricardo P.:
I agree, it’s best to just turn in your keys. I have a feeling if you kept this away from your landlord and they found out after a month there will be a bad after taste in your landlords mouth. End things right hope for the best and move on
Sorry let me clear this up a little more.
The situation is that I am currently working from my family home. I moved back due to wfh announcement at my company until the end of the year. So the apartment that I have was empty but I am still paying rent. My sister lost her place due to working with COVID-19 patients and I offered her my place for the time being which has been a month so far. Yesterday was when not the owner but the realtor manager dropped by because he saw her car in my parking spot. She is moving in 2.5 weeks actually because she has found a new place. I am currently trying to break my lease early since I am no longer physically living in my apartment.
Post: Landlord issues with people staying over due to covid19
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Originally posted by @Ricardo P.:
I think the best thing to do is being upfront with your landlord. Be honest and tell him/her what you and her are going through. And let him/her know she’s going to be living there for X amount of months and she will be moving out on X date. Build a relationship during these times. No need to fight or disagree
She’s been staying here for the past month we didn’t think they would find out or anything. They haven’t said anything to us yet but I’m trying to end my lease early due to the coronavirus and I think they may use this issue as a leverage on me
Post: Landlord issues with people staying over due to covid19
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The owner dropped by and she opened the door. He was there wondering about her car in my parking spot. Not sure if he knows she lives there or just dropping by. He didn’t say anything else to her just the question about her car.
Post: Landlord issues with people staying over due to covid19
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My sister lost her place due to the coronavirus and is staying at my apartment right now. Can this be a an issue with the landlords if she is not on the lease.