Can someone lease an apartment for someone else?

You can rent an apartment and share it with your friends, living there together as co-signers who help pay the rent. You would all be considered “tenants” on your lease and would be listed accordingly. If you rent an apartment and allow someone to live there who is not on the lease, this would be considered illegal.

What is malicious damage by tenants?

Malicious damage is damage caused by either your tenant or their guests intentionally to the rented property. This covers anyone who is lawfully allowed to be on your property. Malicious damage could include smashed windows, doors or furniture, arson in the property, and graffiti on property walls or furniture.

What is landlord preferred policy?

This policy covers general household contents such as carpets, curtains, blinds, light fittings and furniture. These items are covered against loss or damage from events such as: u Accidental and malicious damage by the tenant, tenant’s family, tenant’s invited guests or unknown persons.

What rights do I have as a joint tenant?

Joint tenants means that both owners own the whole of the property and have equal rights to the property. If one owner dies the property will pass to the remaining owner. You cannot give the property to anyone else in your will.

What is an occupant on a lease?

Occupants Occupy the Rental Unit If you live in the leased unit on your own, you are both a leaseholder and an occupant. But if you invite or allow other people to live in the apartment with you, they are also called occupants.

What happens to an apartment if the tenant dies?

That administrator may then enter the apartment and dispose of the tenant’s property. They’d also be considered liable for paying rent until the end of the lease term, but as Hughes points out, most landlords will allow them to give up the apartment. If the tenant’s family wants to take over the lease, they have to follow certain legal proceedings.

What happens when a tenant’s family wants to take over the lease?

If the tenant’s family wants to take over the lease, they have to follow certain legal proceedings. “The estate can ‘occupy’ the apartment, but it’s a legal occupancy, not a physical possession,” says Sam Himmelstein, a lawyer who represents residential and commercial tenants and tenant associations (and FYI, a Brick sponsor).

Can a landlord hold an estate accountable for unpaid rent?

In most states a landlord can hold an estate accountable for any unpaid rent for the remainder of the lease terms. However, a compassionate landlord will work with the family and executor to allow them to end the lease and move the deceased tenant’s belonging. What do I with the tenant’s belongings?

What to do in the event of a landlord’s death?

While you may be eager to get the property back on the market as soon as possible, state law requires landlords to follow certain steps. Once the next of kin or the deceased tenant’s executor notifies you of the death in writing, you can assist the family members, start the transition to re-renting and recoup any financial loss.