Re: feedback - Landlord Forum thread

Re: feedback by OK-LL on November 5, 2009 @08:20

There's some controversy around whether she was a tenant, even though she didn't pay rent to you, or a subtenant. In fact, she could probably argue that she was paying rent in-kind to the leasee, and you were compliant and aware of her occupation. Typically, if she lived there, even as a squatter, for a certain period of time, she gains occupancy rights which cannot be extinguished outside the legal process (either proper notice to vacate under the implied M2M agreement established by her occupancy or eviction). But if you are confident that this "caretaker" won't be back, no worries. If she was really a "caretaker" and not his girlfriend, he should have had a contract that included rent and occupancy as a part of the compensation for caretaking, then when he "fired" her, she'd have no right to occupy.

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