ALL ADULTS AS TENANTS ON A LEASE
WE OFTEN GET REQUESTS TO PUT SOME PEOPLE ON THE LEASE AS OCCUPANTS AND NOT AS TENANTS WHO WILL ACTUALLY SIGN THE LEASE. CHILDREN AS OCCUPANTS ARE FINE. A CHILD IS ANYONE UNDER 18.
ADULT OCCUPANTS ARE A BIG PROBLEM THOUGH. DO YOU KNOW WHY?
MY NAME IS HARRY HEIST, FOUNDING PARTNER OF HEIST, WEISSE & WOLK AND IF YOUR WATCHING THIS WE PROBABLY ARE PREPARING A LEASE FOR YOU OR YOUR LEARNING HOW TO GET A GREAT LEASE.
THIS VIDEO IS ONE OF THE MANY SHORT VIDEOS ABOUT THE LEASE.
IF WE PUT AN ADULT ON THE LEASE AS AN OCCUPANT AND THE TENANT VACATES AT SOME POINT, WE COULD HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM EVICTING.
SOME PEOPLE THINK IT IS ACTUALLY EASIER TO EVICT A PERSON WHO IS NOT A LEASE SIGNER BUT IN FLORIDA, ITS A NIGHTMARE.
IF A TENANT VACATES AND YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTING RENT FROM THE OCCUPANT ARE THEY A TENANT OR AN OCCUPANT?
DO OCCUPANTS HAVE ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION TO YOU? NO. CAN YOU SUE THE OCCUPANTS IF THEY DONT PAY? NO
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION WHERE THE TENANT VACATES LEAVING THE OCCUPANT BEHIND? HAPPENS A LOT.
AN OCCUPANT HAS EVERYTHING GOING FOR THEM AND MORE AND WHAT DO YOU GET? NOTHING BUT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS.
NOW, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. IF THE ADULT IS A COLLEGE STUDENT, SON OR DAUGHTER OF THE TENANT, LIVE IN CARETAKER, REALLY ELDERLY PERSON, ITS USUALLY OK TO HAVE THEM LISTED ON THE LEASE AS AN OCCUPANT. STILL DANGEROUS THOUGH.
IF THE ADULT HAS SOME SORT OF DISABILITY WHERE THEY DON’T HAVE THE MENTAL OR LEGAL CAPACITY TO ENTER IN A CONTRACT, THEN WE PUT THAT ADULT ON THE LEASE AS AN OCCUPANT.
YOUR GENERAL RULE SHOULD BE THAT ALL ADULTS ARE ON THE LEASE AS TENANTS WHO WILL SIGN THE LEASE. DONT BE CONVINCED OTHERWISE. IT’S A ROOKIE MOVE.
WANT A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS? WE HAVE A MORE DETAILED VIDEO ON EVICTTV.COM
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- STORM
- SALE
- PETS
- RENT
- LEASE
- EVICTIONS
- LIABILITY
- LEAD
- ABANDONMENT
- DEATH
- DEPOSIT
- EVICTION
- APPLICATION
- BANKRUPTCY
- ATTORNEYS FEES
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- FLOOD
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- LIABILITY AVOIDANCE
- CARPET
- NONCOMPLIANCE
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- PET DEPOSIT
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- SATELLITE DISHES
- RENEWING A LEASE
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- LAWSUIT
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- NOTICE SERVING
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- TENANT DEATH
- ATTICS
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- REMOVING A TENANT
- PROCESS SERVER
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- PREPAID - ADVANCE RENT
- PRE AND POST CLOSING OCCUPANCY
- PERSONAL PROPERTY
- DEPOSIT FUNDS
- NSF CHECKS
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- CARBON MONOXIDE
- ASSOCIATIONS
- AIR CONDITIONING
- POOLS
- RELEASES
- FICTITIOUS NAMES
- SUING AND COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTIONS AND SUING
- YOUR TENANT SERVED YOU WITH A 7 DAY NOTICE - WHAT DOES THE TENANT WANT?
- WHAT DOES THE TENANT WANT?
- VERBAL AGREEMENTS
- TERMINATING DUE TO A MAJOR REPAIR NEED
- TERMINATING DUE TO MOLD
