Broken Lease agreement need guidance
I need some guidance. I will list the specifics.
I have tenants that have rented from me for 2 years and 9 months presently they have chose to not communicate with me and are moving out with three months left on the lease.
I sent the lease to them 11 months ago with all returned postage paid hey failed to send it back.
they have paid the agreed amount on time these last months.
I live 1000 miles away presently in NY so travel to the house is not allowed i would be quarantined for 14 days.
I am worried about the house being left open, left with damage a whole list of uncertainties.
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You need to find a local person you trust, or a company in the area that manages leases.
The cost of going to the property to show it for lease and to conduct the end of lease inspection was always going to be costly. This end of lease situation was always an issue, but the current travel restriction due to health situation makes the issue not just about cost.
If the two parties didn't agree regarding a new lease, then what ever terms there are in the previous lease regarding end of lease activities still apply. State and local landlord-tenant law also applies. If the lease converted to a month-to-month situation, they aren't leaving 3 months early; they are just leaving.
The legally binding language is likely whatever the original signed 2 year lease said about automatic extensions if neither you nor they gave timely notice to vacate at the end of the original term.
Considering the potential range of damage and that you have virtually no way to prove that the tenants are responsible (vs some vandalism after the lease ends) it would behoove you to offer to agree to their desired departure date in exchange for their sending you extra documentation of the property condition and taking extra protective measures as they leave it unoccupied (shutting off water outdoors and draining pipes, putting storm covers on windows, etc).
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