What Are The Responsibilities of a Tenant?

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# Permit your landlord to enter your apartment if he makes a reasonable request and gives you at least 24 hours notice. Reasonable request would be to inspectrepparttar property - not to snoop around through your things every 2 days throughout your tenancy. You haverepparttar 110481 right to your privacy, and if your landlord continually demands to enter your apartment, you should contact your local tenant's union to see what actions you should take.

# Not allow guests or family members to stay in your apartment beyond a reasonable amount of time without notifying your landlord and having their name added to your lease.

If you are aware of your responsibilities as a tenant, and you followrepparttar 110482 rules, you should have a happy, healthy stay. Onrepparttar 110483 other hand, failure to do a combination these things could result in a lost security deposit, being sued in small claims court, or worse... eviction!



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Lease Up? Here's How To Leave

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Make A List Of Damages: This document should state thatrepparttar following arerepparttar 110480 only damages found throughoutrepparttar 110481 apartment. Once signed by both you andrepparttar 110482 landlord,repparttar 110483 list will preventrepparttar 110484 landlord from deciding to keep more of your security deposit for damages that occur after you’ve moved out. The document will also prevent your landlord from claimingrepparttar 110485 damages are worse than they actually were when you left.

Give Your Landlord Your Forwarding Address: This step is INCREDIBLY important. Forgetting to leave a forwarding address could lead to credit problems or worse! You will also need to contact your main post office. For more advice on redirecting your mail, click here.

Return Your Keys: Your landlord will ask for any copies of keys made to your apartment. Don’t forget about that one you made for your best friend, orrepparttar 110486 one you hid in your glove box. Your landlord may charge a fee for each day you keeprepparttar 110487 keys pastrepparttar 110488 due date.

By doing all these things, terminating your lease should be simple and successful.



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