Re: Tenant Broke Lease Verbally - Landlord Forum thread 358491

Re: Tenant Broke Lease Verbally by AnonymousFL on August 25, 2018 @11:44

Unless you have an email or text to back up your stance that the tenant agreed to your 'lease break agreement', you don't have much ground to stand on. It would be your word against theirs when it went to court (and it likely would).

Like Gary said, any change to the lease agreed upon by landlord and tenant should be in writing. It protects and holds both sides to what was agreed upon.

You can still sell the house, but the lease goes with it. You may still find a taker. If you have a buyer that doesn't want the lease, you may actually have to offer the tenant a buy out option where you pay them money to end the lease early. In this instance, I am sorry to say that you really did make a mistake by not getting the details in writing. Take it as a lesson learned.

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