Question: I own several apartment properties in my city. I find it very convenient to use email to communicate with my tenants, and they seem to enjoy the ease of using the same method to reply to me.

Most seasoned landlord-tenant practitioners know to advise their landlord clients that once a lease is terminated, whether by service of a notice of termination or by virtue of the expiration of the ...

Q: My roommate owns the house I live in. I do not have a written lease, but I pay the owner rent to live in his house. In late September, he gave me a 30-day written notice to vacate. Isn't he ...

Though real estate law varies from state to state, there are some typical legitimate reasons for terminating a month-to-month lease. Leases are subject to customization to meet the needs of the ...

Q: I am leasing an apartment and have nine months left on my lease. Meanwhile, I am working on purchasing a house. When I renewed my lease, the terms in the lease stated that in order to terminate my ...

Major tenants sometimes have special requirements that require discretionary government approvals. If the approval doesn’t happen, then the tenant no longer wants the space. In these cases the tenant ...

In their Landlord-Tenant Law column, Warren Estis and Michael Feinstein discuss the Second Department Appellate Term's decision in 'Scarborough Manor Owners Corp. v. Robson' and find the decision ...