Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida
Inheriting tenants from a sale who aren't on the lease
I bought a rental property mid-Nov, believing that the lease the seller provided at closing was a current one. The lease I have has one name, and he doesn�t live there! I had sent an introduction letter as the new landlord and enclosed an information sheet for the tenant to fill out with a return receipt. Someone finally signed it on his behalf, but I made an in person visit to the new tenants before knowing a return receipt en route.
There are 3 people: One claims she got put on the lease (I've tried to contact my realtor to investigate this but haven't received a response yet), but she was recently laid off. One guy does contract work, but I only have his word on that, and the other guy, I suspect, is not working.
They asked for a new lease, and also asked if it could be worked out that they pay half on a specified date and the other half 2 weeks later. Also, one submitted a ''proposal'' to paint the house for January's rent. I received half of December's rent 12/7, but I haven't cashed it. I'm also sitting on my response to the other requests because I don't have enough information from them. Not sure what the implications are of the deposit I�m holding in a separate bank account because the original lessee isn�t there!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Inheriting tenants from a sale who aren't on the lease
You are getting yourself into trouble. If your seller knew all of this he defrauded you. You want these deadbeats out. Court eviction is the procedure. Good luck.
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