Can a landlord put my rental on the market and ask us to vacate the property if I just signed a1 year lease agreement?
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Can a landlord put my rental on the market and ask us to vacate the property if I just signed a1 year lease agreement?
In the lease agreement, I have 3 cats/1 dog listed that can be on the premises. The landlord is now putting, after 1 month, the property up for sale through a real estate company. She is asking us that when the property is shown that we must vacate the premises with pets until the showing is over. Is this right? Does she have the right to do this? Or does she have to agree to fulfill the entire year lease that was just signed before the property can be sold?
Asked on September 13, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Tennessee
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
1) The landlord can put the home on the market, even if you just rented it for a year.
2) If the home is purchased, whomever buys it will be obligated to the lease for the rest of the lease term, and must honor all its terms and conditions; i.e. say that someone new buys the home when there are 5 months left on the lease--that new person becomes your landlord, under the same terms as lease, for the remaining 5 months.
3) You do not have to vacate, but you must allow the landlord or his/her agents (e.g. realtors) to show the property so long as they provide reasonable notice (e.g. 24 hours) and do it at reasonable times (e.g. 9 - 5). The landlord can't make you actually leave, but can make it worth your while to do so--e.g. the landlord could give you a "Starbucks" or "Dunkin Donuts" gift card, some squeky mice and bones, etc. (or, say, a rent reduction) if you and your pets will leave. It'd be up to you to accept or not.
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