Eviction notice

Section 22 is a very, very important section. Every state is different here. This is what is called an Eviction Notice. We talked about this the other night. The Notice to Evict is the legal beginning of an eviction. It is a letter or document that you usually send by certified mail or delivered to the door or send by regular mail.

In the state of Pennsylvania, we are required to give a 10-day notice unless otherwise agreed in the lease. As you will find out, we ask that you waive the quit smoking notice altogether. We don’t have to wait 10 days. We can ship it right away. You do not have to wait.

It is a very powerful thing because I just saved 10 days without having to wait for this 10 day period to expire. With a typical rent of $ 1,000 to $ 1,200, you’re talking about $ 400 to $ 500. Little things like this are built into this lease to put money in your pocket and save you money.

You won’t find that in most leases. I am probably one of the few people in the state of Pennsylvania that has that in my lease. It is perfectly legal. He has been in front of dozens and dozens of judges. There is nothing illegal about it, but most homeowners are not smart enough or do not comply and do this. It takes 10 days so you don’t have to wait while all the other owners are waiting for 10 official days. If you have a lot of rent, it could be a large number here.

Empty the rental unit. This basically says that the tenant cannot vacate the leased unit.

No exemptions for the owner. Some of these things are legal.

The landlord’s release basically says that the landlord is not responsible for any injury, property damage, or anything else to the tenant. Again, this is here to try to protect you.

Request

Section 26 is Enforcement. This is where the tenant verifies that the request they provided was true, correct, and accurate. Later, if you found out that something was not true, correct, and accurate, in theory, you could evict the tenant for providing you with a false application. It gives you that option.

Additional terms or conditions. Here are some other things we’ll talk about later in the lease.

Separability. All this saying is that if a particular section of the lease is deemed illegal or invalid, say Section 22, it doesn’t mean the rest of the lease is invalid, just that part. You cannot invalidate the entire lease due to a small section. That section is invalid due to changes in the law. Okay, but the rest of the lease is still in effect.

Reporting to the credit bureaus

Section 29 is a little thing that I don’t see anywhere else in anyone’s lease other than ours. It is the ability to inform the credit bureaus. I put it right in my lease. Now they have that in their lease. Has the ability to report to credit reporting agencies.

I don’t do it personally. I’ve never done it, but that doesn’t mean I don’t or can’t. I have permission to do so. The tenant knows that I can do it if I want to. It’s one more thing that they know, if they don’t pay the rent, that I have the right and the ability to report to the credit reporting agencies.