Ari Chazanas is the Founder and CEO of Lotus West Properties, a property management and investment firm based in West Los Angeles. A lease is a legally binding agreement between the tenant and the ...

You can rent out your investment property using either a fixed-term lease or a periodic rental agreement. The periodic agreement usually goes month-to-month, and it ends after 30 days' notice by the ...

A lease or rental agreement sets out the rules landlords and tenants agree to follow in their rental relationship. It is a legal contract, as well as an immensely practical document full of crucial ...

This article is about abandonment issues. No, not the kind you might get from childhood loss, the kind a landlord has when a tenant prematurely vacates the premises in violation of the lease. Wrongful ...

Q: My husband I are renting a house. Our lease ends Aug. 31, 2017. We are also house-hunting. We've been living in our rental place for 3½ years. We asked our landlord if we could re-sign a ...

There are a number of possible reasons that could arise that lead to a tenant wanting to terminate their lease agreement before it has run its course. However, is it possible for them to get out of a ...