Monthly Legal Insights

For Property Managers and Landlords

Source: Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk, PLLC

Two legal holidays land back-to-back this cycle — Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, and Juneteenth, Friday, June 19. Both must be excluded when counting expiration dates on legal notices, most commonly the Three Day Notice. Mark your calendar each year to avoid the expensive mistake of having to redo your Notice and wait it out. Contact us at info@evict.com to confirm or just treat both as legal holidays to be safe.

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The tenant wants to prepay rent for the next 3 months or even for the entire term of the lease. Sounds great. You are not accustomed to this, but maybe it is a good idea? No Three-Day Notices to worry about, right? No COVID type eviction moratorium to worry about — but danger lurks just around the corner. Click here to see if accepting prepaid rent is REALLY a good idea.

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The quick answer is NO. There is absolutely nothing in Florida law that allows a tenant to break a lease due to a job transfer. Can the landlord and tenant agree and place a job transfer clause in the lease or create an addendum at a later time? Yes, but this clause should clearly state how, when and under exactly what circumstances the tenant may break the lease. Always avoid verbal agreements.

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Source: Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk, PLLC

Your excellent, awesome, detailed, attorney reviewed application asks all kind of pretty important questions, like, "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?", "Have you ever been evicted?", and, "Have you ever filed bankruptcy?". Your screening report comes back clean, and your applicant becomes a resident, only for you to find out that he is a sexual predator, just got out of jail, is in a current bankruptcy and has been evicted 5 times. Did he lie on his rental application? NO, but he did leave some important answers blank or indicate "N/A" in others. Will you be able to get him out? NO. You get the point? NEVER process an application unless it is reviewed to be sure every single section is filled out. That "little omission" can cause you a huge problem later.

Roland Charles Broker, Property Manager, CAM — Owner of PMI JCM Realty Group President, Florida State Chapter of NARPM

We are proud to announce that our Industry Leader this month is Roland Charles — real estate broker, property manager, CAM, owner of PMI JCM Realty Group, and President of the Florida State Chapter of NARPM, the National Association of Residential Property Managers.

Roland is a licensed real estate broker and property manager serving Tampa Bay and Central Florida. As owner of PMI JCM Realty Group, Roland manages 80+ single-family and PadSplit co-living properties, helping investors maximize cash flow without the headaches of self-management.

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Source: Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk

We see it all the time. You know all adults should sign the lease but somehow, some way, an adult is missing. Why? In a rush? Special exception? There are reasons that so many times an adult who you intended to be living in that unit ends up there not having signed the lease. Let's dig in a little deeper and see how this can be stopped.

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