If you don't have a lease, then you are
Posted By: jk on 2008-02-11
In Reply to: Is it legal to evict a long-term tenant - sm - A Question for Renters
there on a month-to-month basis. You can pick up and leave without notice/penalty of having a lease or they can evict you as there is nothing in writing as to the amount of time you are there. Having no lease has both its advantages and disadvantages, as does having one.
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Is your lease up?
I think if you don't have a lease or if it's up, they can do anything. Sorry.
I do think that when your lease is up...
or with proper notification, if you are a month to month renter, that he can raise your rent and it is then up to you to stay or to go, but yes, if you do not pay the entire rent, I do believe that you can be evicted.
This is why I lease. New car every 2 years
If you get good deals and do the math it probably isn't all that much more than buying one for 25000 and keeping it 15 years and paying for all the repairs.
still not getting this lease vs. buy thing.
You wrote: "I'd rather pay under 300 a month forever than pay 500 or more a month for 5 or 6 years for the same car. Yes, you may not have car payments for a few years but what are you really saving based on the above?"
And I guess the variable here would be the phrase "a few more years". An exact number would make or break a decision, I guess. But I average about 12 years with a car. (Currently, I have a ྗ Camry, so that average will probably go up.) So if I'm using 12 years as the life span of one of my cars, this is how I worked out the math above, using the most conservative numbers.
500 a month for 6 years is 36,000. But I'm driving my car for 12 years, so from year 7 through 12, my payment is 0 for a grand total of 36,000 for 12 years.
But 300 a month "forever", or in this case, for 12 years, is
43,200.
$43,200 vs. $36,000 is a big chunk of change in my book. And when you factor in that I've never financed longer than 36 months, the difference would be MUCH greater, plus factoring in inflation. That Toyota Camry was about $14,000 back in 1991, if I'm remembering correctly. My payments weren't anywhere near $500 a month.
There is, of course, the fun of having a new car every couple of years, and some people just lose confidence in an older car, afraid that it will break down leaving them stranded somewhere, or that they will have large repair bills. So, in that respect, I suppose the lease payments also provide peace of mind. That doesn't bother me, though. So I guess, just as you said, it comes down to "to each his own."
No lease - have been here thru 2 owners, - sm
and am the only person left in the building who is still on month-to-month. Also, I never did sign any agreements with current management company - I still have my old lease from the original owners from back in 1990!
If it is a month-to-month lease -
If there is no signed lease stating a specific time (1 yr, 2 yr, etc.) then it is implied as a month-to-month least and either the tenant or LL can terminate at any time.
I would look for a place pronto if I was the OP.
And she should get another job pronto too if the one she got ain't paying the bills. No reason to let it go on month after month, paycheck after paycheck, until you are in the street, that is just plain stupid.
If she is getting evicted --- there is more to this story I believe.
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