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Contracts aren't for things are going smooth. They're for when things go wrong. What if a tenant is constantly late on their payments? What if they're excessive
by gruez 2y ago
Contracts aren't for things are going smooth. They're for when things go wrong. What if a tenant is constantly late on their payments? What if they're excessively noisy? What if they claim you're not fixing things on time?
- detourdog 2y agoSince they pay first and last they can not pay rent for 30 Days. Once that happens I can give them 30 days notice and finally call the sheriff. This is called at will tenancy in my Commonwealth. Here is what our relationship is based on. https://www.mass.gov/doc/the-attorney-generals-guide-to-landlordtenant-rights/download https://www.mass.gov/doc/the-attorney-generals-guide-to-land...
- alwa 2y agoFor that matter, what if you're the tenant and you think the landlord isn't doing something they should? In either role, if it's month-to-month... either of you says to the other that it's not working out, give whatever the statutory notice is? And if the landlord didn't collect the last month's rent at the outset, maybe they end up eating a couple months' rent they would have made otherwise? And the tenant needs to scoot to find a new place, but like, it's fine? If either party wanted the security of a lease for a longer term, they could have entered into one, but they didn't, so... that's the deal, right? Except for really egregious stuff that the law would have something to say about?
- rcxdude 2y agoIn a lot of places this is so heavily regulated the rental contracts are more of a record of the tenancy and rent than actually meaning anything for the agreement.
- detourdog 2y agoI couldn't find the advantage of using leases and it's pretty straightforward to rent month to month.