Re: SiIly question - please help!! - Landlord Forum thread 348893

Re: SiIly question - please help!! by Stephen (Washington) on October 23, 2016 @12:27

As a LL I would never do that long a lease, especially as I have apartments not houses.
But let me provide a little different perspective on this from a tenant's point of view. Many years ago, as a tenant, I signed a 3 year lease on a house. Why? I was military and had just transferred into an area. I did not want to have to move during my 3 year assignment. They did include a clause in the lease that adjusted the rent for any increases in the taxes. And they did use that clause.
So, there MIGHT be a situation where the LL could rationalize a long lease. If I ever had houses and was going to do a long lease I would consider adding a clause to cover increases in taxes and insurance and a clause that programmed annual rent increases (using either a percentage or an absolute value for the increases).

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Re: SiIly question - please help!! by Anonymous on October 23, 2016 @12:45	[ Reply ]

In your case, I don't see how the 3-year lease was of benefit to your former landlord, considering you would have been legally allowed to break the lease had you received a relocation reassignment from your command. If you had been a problem tenant, which they were fortunate that you weren't, they would have had a harder time getting rid of you with that contract in place.