Can I sign a lease in my wife, the owners, name? Or do I need to be officially a manager?

[Johann Jells]

Our first property is still solely in my wife's name.  I do all the management of our rentals, and the others are in both our names.  Can I sign a lease, or what do I have to do to be able to sign?

[Account Closed]

I do not give legal advice, I am not in the an attorney.  You may want to consult the landlord tenant attorney in your area. I will share my opinion, I would only sign if I had a power of attorney from my wife authorizing me to sign.

You have to look at if you ever had to evict a tenant would there be a possibility that the court could thrown out your eviction case because you did not have the legal authority to sign the lease agreement.

Have to go through an eviction is bad enough, but to have an eviction case thrown out because you did not do the proper steps or did something wrong on the paperwork is even worse.