Quote:
Originally Posted by opendoor
In that post I was speaking more to Photon's example where the rental period had already come into effect and the tenant had taken possession.
In the OP's example, the tenant is still liable for November's rent because they didn't provide sufficient notice to terminate the agreement for October 31st. Of course the landlord is also required to mitigate their losses by attempting to rent the unit to someone else for November.
Like I said above, the landlord might not be able to unilaterally keep the deposit, but they can absolutely get a judgement against the tenant for any losses they incur for November.
|
When you get down to the bolts of it, if there's no paperwork at all, technically the landlord could just say "what money?"
The landlord can't double dip if there's already an existing tenant. He can't keep 2 damage deposits for the same property, nor can 2 agreements for the same property be in force at the same time.