Do I have any rights if I apply for and was approved for a rental but then the landlord did not rent to me because they received an offer to buy?
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Do I have any rights if I apply for and was approved for a rental but then the landlord did not rent to me because they received an offer to buy?
Asked on June 18, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Oregon
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
So long as you have no signed rental agreement for the rental that you have written about, but were only approved for the rental, you have no contractual or legal rights to get a unit in the premises that you have written about.
Possibly the new owner of the rental may wish to rent to you when escrow closes.
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