Re: Renting to Roommates => When does a lease end

Re: Renting to Roommates => When does a lease end by Garry on February 8, 2019 @11:56

Once a longer lease turns into a M2M, any roommate can give a 30 day notice to move, as long as the notice conforms to Mn laws regarding notices. The one that moved out, is only liable for whatever his/her portion of rent has been, for the 30 days prior to the date s/he moves out. Then, once the single T is gone, and depending on how the original lease was worded, the remaining tenants either owe the full rent the following month, or only their portion of the full rent.

"Joint" means the whole group of tenants as 1 entity. "Severally", means each T can be held responsible for the full rent, IF the other Ts do not pay their portion.

Essentially, a M2M lease is being renewed every 30 days, with all Ts, for the next month. So some, none, or all the Ts can decide every 30 days to stay or go. This all sounds more complicated that it really is. So use some common sense. It's a M2M lease. ANYBODY that gives legal notice of moving , pays their portion of the rent up thru their moving day,and then moves, cannot be held liable for any future rent. This would be the same, even if you had a married couple of 20 years, decide to divorce. The one who stays, owes the rent, every 30 days that they stay, until the move out, too.

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Re: Renting to Roommates => When does a lease end by ERIC on February 8, 2019 @14:08	[ Reply ]

That is exactly my thinking. Believe it or not, there are some LLs that think all tenants need to agree to move out. No wonder tenants get free legal advice.

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