Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Alabama

Re: Lease Terms

First let me say that your answer is probably right there written in your lease. If the lease you signed required you to pay on the first day of the month and you have been routinely late, although you paid your required late payments with the rent, you still are in violation of the payment provision each month. I bet there is a provision in the lease that says something like "failure by the landlord to invoke a remedy for a violation of the terms of this lease shall not constitute a waiver as to future or subsequent violations". In other words-- just because the landlord did not terminate your right of occupancy the first month you were late in paying rent does not rule out the subsequent decision by the landlord to evict you should you continue to be late. I hope this helps you.