Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida
We just began renting our first apartment. After signing the rental agreements(we moved in the same day we signed the rental agreements), we were asked the next day to sign an agreement with a reality company that the apartment partners with. The leasing specialist told us that if we sign we get the benefit of have 5% of what we've paid in rent over two years applied to the downpayment. We said were not interested, and didn't sign it that day which was about one week ago. Our lease is only 7 months, however I received a call today from the leasing specialist stating that we needed to come to the office and sign the agreement or our rental agreement would not be completed and we could see an eviction notice after 7 days. (The apartments get tax breaks for housing lower income families, we happen to qualify.)
Two questions:
1. Can we really be evicted for not wanting to sign an agreement with a realty company that will act exclusively as our broker after 2 years of renting, even if our rent agreement is only 7 months?
2. What would be the best course of action for our family to avoid eviction? (Other than signing away our rights to chose our own realty broker.)
We live in the Sunshine state.
2 Answers from Attorneys
They have no grounds to evict. The signed lease controls.
I agree with Mr. Slater except that I would have an attorney review the lease that you signed in order to be sure that it was not tied in some way that you agreed to also sign the other document. If not, then they have no case.
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