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It's more than just Berkeley. The risk, on the landlord's part, of accepting a partial amount of rent is that you're altering the terms of the lease on the fly
by johncessna 5y ago
It's more than just Berkeley.
The risk, on the landlord's part, of accepting a partial amount of rent is that you're altering the terms of the lease on the fly. If it persists you wave your ability to enforce the original agreement as you now have a history of acceptance of an alternative agreement.
There's also the discrimination aspect of it. If a landlord accepts partials from one tenant but not another, there's potential they'll have to explain themselves in court.
- jedberg 5y agoYeah, many cities do it, Berkeley just happens to be one I know of because I manage a property there. The biggest risk is legal -- if you cash two of three checks for example, have you accepted partial rent? Can you evict for non-payment or did you just accept payment? Will the two people who paid fight the eviction? Can you evict just one tenant? So many thorny issues you just don't want to deal with. So much simpler to say, "give me one check, it's either on time or not".