by Tim Baldwin | Jun 20, 2024 | Lease Agreements
Cleaning Supplies Leasing and rental standards vary from county to county and region to region in the United States. States’ laws vary on the matter of landlords charging fees to tenants. Some states limit the amount of fees that can be charged to tenants while other...
by Tim Baldwin | Jun 14, 2024 | Law, Evictions, Lease Agreements
Moving Boxes Florida Statutes secs. 83.56, .57, .575, .59, and .682 provide the methods by which a landlord can terminate a tenancy. The landlord and tenant must comply with the notice requirements to terminate a tenancy. For landlords, the tenancy termination events...
by Tim Baldwin | Jun 13, 2024 | Notices, Evictions, Lease Agreements
Overgrown Lawn In a problem tenant scenario, tenants who have shown unwillingness to follow the rules and terms of the lease should be viewed with strict scrutiny, meaning that “excuses” given by the tenant for not being able to comply with the lease should not be...
by Tim Baldwin | Jun 11, 2024 | Security Deposits, Law
Dog Damaged Chair It’s inevitable: tenants will cause damage to the rental property. Even good tenants may cause some damage to the property. Landlords must deal with valuating those damages for purposes of making a claim on the security deposit or filing a lawsuit...
by Tim Baldwin | Jun 7, 2024 | Lease Agreements
Security Deposit Lease Provision Historically, landlords have required tenants to pay a security deposit at the beginning of the lease agreement to help secure the tenant’s faithful performance of the tenant’s lease obligations. But in recent years,...