All Forum Posts by: Tim Hill
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Post: Partially signed lease - is it valid?
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Hi, I had a tenant lined up for our rental property. They had signed the lease, but I had held off signing until they paid the upfront move-in costs. They eventually paid a portion of it, but not the full amount.
But then there were some repairs necessary to pass an occupancy inspection, so the lease will have to be cancelled and redone with a new move in date. Now today, I learned through the neighbor she currently lives next to that she hasn't kept up the house, has been problematic, and apparently had eviction notices filed by her current landlord. I had previously contacted the landlord and he said they had no problems with her, and this was the 2nd property of theirs she has rented, but apparently, that was a lie because I found the court documents about the eviction notices.
So, my question is, since I never signed the lease, and it has to be redrawn anyway, is there anything legally binding if I return her partial move-in cost? This would only be the 2nd tenant I've had at my first rental property, which was my family's previous home, and I really, so I really don't want to put myself at risk of having to go through legal hurdles if there's issues with her, so I'm strongly considering looking for a new tenant.
The tenant hasn't moved into the house yet, so there would be no eviction process. It's a question of whether she'd have any legal ground to stand on if I cancelled the lease and refunded her partial move-in payment.
Post: Partially signed lease - is it valid?
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Hi, I had a tenant lined up for our rental property. They had signed the lease, but I had held off signing until they paid the upfront move-in costs. They eventually paid a portion of it, but not the full amount.
But then there were some repairs necessary to pass an occupancy inspection, so the lease will have to be cancelled and redone with a new move in date. Now today, I learned through the neighbor she currently lives next to that she hasn't kept up the house, has been problematic, and apparently had eviction notices filed by her current landlord. I had previously contacted the landlord and he said they had no problems with her, and this was the 2nd property of theirs she has rented, but apparently, that was a lie because I found the court documents about the eviction notices.
So, my question is, since I never signed the lease, and it has to be redrawn anyway, is there anything legally binding if I return her partial move-in cost? This would only be the 2nd tenant I've had at my first rental property, which was my family's previous home, and I really, so I really don't want to put myself at risk of having to go through legal hurdles if there's issues with her, so I'm strongly considering looking for a new tenant.
Post: Recent Rental property owner
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Hi everyone!
When my family moved from St. Louis to PA 2 years ago, we decided to keep our STL house as a rental property, and I was told about this site recently as I work on finding a new tenant. I manage everything myself, which was easy to do for our 1st tenant since I was still in St. Louis at the time, but now I'm trying to do all that from a distance, so I joined here to find answers to questions as they come up. So far, the process is going great.
In the future, I want to invest in some rehab project properties and add them to our rental portfolio. Right now, I'm mostly a stay at home dad, but my dream is to start looking into that more seriously once my young kids are all school age in about 3 years, something that I can do to earn my family some additional income while maintaining flexibility to take care of the kids outside of school.