Landlord needs a place to live, wants to move in

Landlord needs a place to live, wants to move in

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My partner and I have been renting a manufactured home from a friend of a friend since August 2019. Our lease goes until August 2020, but we are going to be leaving sometime in the beginning of June for new jobs. The security deposit was only $300 and we've been expecting to lose that. 

The landlord was renting to us because he was living with his girlfriend, who is now his ex girlfriend and who wants him out of her house. She has said he has to be gone by April 23rd-we usually pay $850 rent on the 22nd each month. Landlord has no other place to stay because of Covid-19, none of us want to live together but we're amenable to the idea because a decrease in rent would be nice and it's only for a month. 

However, I'm wary of the idea and want all the right documents in place before this happens. Our lease is very standard and we live in WA state if that matters. The home is located in a park that charges the landlord a lot fee of around $500. The home has 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms and a full kitchen. 

We have the right to deny him moving in, based on what our lease says, but if we decide to all bunk up what kind of documents should we prepare to ensure we're protected?

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  • Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    6y

    I'm not sure I understand. Protected from what? Does your landlord know your intent to move out early? Were you going to make good with that or were you going to skip out on rent? Security is for damages, not rent. Sounds to me like you are worried your plan to skip out early will come out once the landlord moves in and he might not like that. No?

    If not, then like I said, I don't understand the problem. What you have is a golden opportunity to make things easier, not harder. Your lease expires so no issue there. If your lease does not allow a sub-let, which is what you would be doing by letting someone move in, the landlord is the sub-letter in this case so that pretty much makes it a moot issue (agreed upon modification by virtue of him moving in). It's not like the landlord is going to take you to court and ask for sub-letting "damages" or present cause for eviction when he is the person who you sub-let to!!! If you are simply worried about the amount of rent he owes vs what he might come for later as the landlord, a simple written agreement, two copies each signed by both parties, just like lawyers do it, ought to be plenty, simply stating the landlord is moving in and how much rent they are going to pay. Get witnesses to the signing if you think that's not quite enough (one for each party signing). 

    Good luck Joseph Smith - lol.

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