From: bigjim@backpacker.com
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Is the new Landlord responsible for the terms of lease when s/he buys a leased property?
Date: 22 Jun 2006 18:20:53 -0700
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Sometimes the tenant can be evicted if the unit will be for the new
owner's use.  Why should a tenant have any rights? They signed a lease
with the old owner. New owners should not be encumbered with a tenant.

trad...@optonline.net wrote:
> Otto Mation (Caroline Freisen) wrote:
> > I'm unclear on whether your present landlord owns just your apartment
> > or the whole building.  Laws do vary from state to state, but in most
> > cases if only your apartment is involved in the sale, then the new
> > owner can evict you if it is his/her intent to live in the apartment.
> > It seems most likely that this is the case because no one in their
> > right mind would buy an entire apartment complex and want to evict
> > everyone living there...
> >
> > CF
>
>
>
> I'd like to see some basis for this claim that the sale of the
> apartment, even if a single unit, can just terminate a lease in most
> cases.     The  tenant signed a lease that locked in a rental period
> and a rental rate.   How would the landlord like it if the tenant
> decided to move early and just left?   The landlord would be entitled
> to damages.  In the same fashion, I don't know of anywhere that the
> landlord has the right to just sell an apartment and the tenant must
> go, unless that is spelled out in the lease.   And if it were spelled
> out, then the tenant could take that into consideration when deciding
> how much rent the place is worth and whether they want to live there.
> Not making that clear upfront and then pulling this crap is extremely
> unfair.
>
> IMO, the tenant is in a very good position.   I seriously doubt they
> can be forced out.   And even if they can, it could take a hell of a
> long process to do it.  Someone suggested asking for the cost of a
> moving truck to leave early.   I'd start by asking for a hell of a lot
> more than that.   Think the new owner wants to close on a building with
> a squatter?  I'd say asking for 3 months rent and settling for 2 would
> be fair.