Rental Property Investor · Columbia SC · Member since 2022 · 13 posts · 13 votes
Hi All,
I have a tenant who is getting married and wants to add her husband to the lease. In addition to this, she will be changing her legal name. This is the first time I've encountered this as a landlord. How should I handle this? Would this be a lease amendment, new lease with new names for remainder of the lease term? Or are there any special forms for this? Thanks in advance!
1. Mandate the husband goes through your normal protocol for background check process.
2. If his background clears your risk profile parameters, then do a lease amendment to add him to the lease and also to notate the name change for the female tenant.