Reply To: Apartment rental agreement

popa: Thank you.

1. Generally speaking, is having a rental agreement something that the landlord would want or something the tenant would want? (The alternative being renting without any agreement.)

2. If the tenant leaves early does the landlord have any recourse to enforce the term short of suing in court?

3. How is it relevant what it says? My question was what happens once the agreement term expires – which presumably means there is no more active agreement that would prevent the landlord from raising the rent with any arbitrary amount he desires.

4. Same as “3”. How can a rental agreement limit the raise after the agreement expiration?