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Jordan Kim
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New landlord advice needed

Jordan Kim
  • Lewiston, ME
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I am closing on a duplex next week and need to move in within 60 days due to the loan. The tenants lease goes through June 1st but to meet the 60 day term I offered them cash for keys to leave by May 1st and they signed a notice to vacate form. 

My question is if I end up needing to evict them, am I allowed to use the May 1st date as the end of their lease since I have a signed notice to vacate? Or if they go back on accepting that offer would I need to honor their June lease term? 

The tenants have only lived there since January and there were a ton of red flags and screening wasn’t done right. I have a feeling from conversations that they may not go easily and an eviction may be needed.


thanks for any insight! 

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Justin Abdilla
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Justin Abdilla
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I can tell you, in Illinois, this is a settlement to end the lease.  They signed a notice to vacate, you gave them the money.  If they occupy, you treat them as an unlawful occupant without a lease and give them the proper notification under the law.  At that point you simply file a Forcible Entry and Detainer action, or whatever your local equivalent is.  You just need the court's permission to re-enter the property.

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