Re: Can I ask tenant to move after lease is over?

Re: Can I ask tenant to move after lease is over? by Bill on May 15, 2014 @15:03

You will not get sued for not renewing a lease. If you want, you can tell the tenant that you are selling the place and need it empty. Of course, you could change your mind about selling after the tenant is out. Or, you can say you have an elderly relative that needs to live closer to you.

You will need to let the tenant live out the current lease and send a non-renewal notice. You may need to let the tenant live one month as a month to month first. What does you lease say about rolling over to a month to month?

In the future, remember that you need to raise the rent every year to prevent from falling into this squeeze again. It is too bad that you are losing a good tenant. Maybe someone here has a way to get around it and will post it.

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Re: Can I ask tenant to move after lease is over? by Anonymous on May 16, 2014 @01:33	[ Reply ]

Thanks for response, very valuable advice. I can't raise rent above allowed 1% percent bc of rent control, that's the problem -:( From website about cities with rent control - read last sentence : "Cities in states such as California that have rent control or rent stabilization ordinances govern nonrenewal of leases differently. For instance, tenants in rent-controlled dwellings in San Francisco are usually entitled to renewal of their leases. In many cases, when tenants occupying rent-controlled or rent-stabilized dwellings vacate, landlords can raise rents to market rates. In part, rent control-type ordinances are meant to keep landlords from refusing to renew current tenants' leases in hopes of raising rents on new tenants." So it can be tricky to tell tenant that I plan to sell house or move relative there and later they will find out that I rented it out instead for higher rent. I don't know what to do to make it legal - please advice.

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