I have a lease dispute question. I signed a 1 year lease for my business and was allowed to move my desks in 1 month early. The economy tanked and with it my business. I went to notify not renewing my lease and was told I’m too late, you moved your desks a month early and the lease backdated and reuped another year. I did not pay rent for that month and it is not included in the 1 year lease. I didn’t give my notice and it says the lease auto renews in this 1 and a half page lease. Have to close business and can’t afford lease, I didn’t resign anything and have read in some states it goes month to month with no new signature, is that right? I live in South Dakota. I can’t find where to apply for hardship either. I have no job or money and the job I will have to take is 69 miles from the office. I already lost the business because I was not allowed to move to a cheaper office and my house is next followed by my law enforcement dream. Is what he did right and can I file for hardship? Thank you
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Help with termination notice i have had problems with renting from my grandma.
Help with termination notice
i have had problems with renting from my grandma. it’s a coverted garage thats not a legal residence. it has a bathroom and kitchen and a small loft big enough to sleep on. i have delt with the broken down truck in my driveway that i was promised would be removed. we have been here since sept. or october. also she had some of her personal belonging in our yard. she has given us a termination of tenancy to leave in 30 days. we have a month to month lease. can she make us leave with out a good reason? and what reasons would be good reason? she also told my brother she wanted to raise our rent so we’d move out, so she could in turn raise the rent even higher. is that legal ? thanks for all your help
My landlord is taking me to court claiming outstanding rent.
My landlord is taking me to court claiming outstanding rent. I have never been late paying my rent and have the documents to prove it. The dispute was over a water bill. Water bills were paid directly to the water company. In November the landlord changed the policy and said that water bills should be paid directly to them. I started doing so. However, they claimed that there were previous water bills that they show as unpaid. I produced records showing that those bills were paid to the water company. However, the landlord said they were paid late to the water company therefore I own the landlord a late fee. I ask them to send me a summary bill for what they show as late and I will check my records to see when they were paid. I usually pay with money order so I would have to check the stubs. Instead of a summary, I received a court summons. I went directly to the landlord office to settle the matter and met with one of the leasing agents. He gave me the total that he showed as outstanding. Though I still dispute the charge I paid it to resolve the matter and move on. However, the landlord still refuse to drop the matter and I had to appear in court to deny their claim. I met with the landlord before going into the court room. He said he sent a summary bill to me but “it must have gotten lost that’s why I never received it.” I told him I met with his leasing agent and showed him the signed receipt from his leasing agent that everything was paid including the disputed charge. He said “okay, just go in and tell the judge that you deny the charges and we’ll drop the matter.” I did. However, the judge set a court date and two days ago I received a bill of particulars from the landlord’s attorney. The bill of particulars does not make sense. It does not address the water bill at all. It claims that rent was late which is not and has never been true. In answering the bill of particulars should I address just the rent issue since that’s what the landlord brought up or should I address both the rent issue and the water bill because the dispute was over the water bill not rent. I feel like I’m being harassed by the landlord to sign a new lease. My old lease expires at the end of the month and I want to remain a month to month tenant until March when will move into my house. I’ve looked for an attorney but all the landlord tenate attorneys in this area only represent landlords. Please advise as soon as you can. Thank you.
Selling of house with renters and landlords.
Selling of house with renters and landlords…
My wife died and i put our house up for rent and me and my tenants are on a month to month lease and i have told them the house will be put in someone elses name. If these is the new owneres house to live in once the paperes are signed over would the new owner have the right to give a 24-72hr notice to vacate the property?
Eviction of tenants What is the procedure of evicting a trenant that is living…
Eviction of tenants
What is the procedure of evicting a trenant that is living on a month to month basis with no contract?
Also how many months or days are we required to give them ?