Florida
My tenant violated the lease by bringing an unauthorized cat to live at the property, which was explicitly prohibited by the pet addendum, which allowed him to have a specified dog only. Is this enough of a reason to keep the tenant's entire security deposit? If not, what portion can be...
I just spoke to another attorney and he advised me that since I had the liquidated damages addendum signed, I can keep the deposit to cover the early termination fee. Also the tanant has given me his new address, so I will be sending the notice there. I will be adding the repair costs to that...
You have a good point that I may not be able to collect on this tenant. However I was more interested to know the legality of keeping the security deposit to offset part of the early termination fee. Does the law in FL allow for that? My attorney does not seem to be very familiar with the...
Thank you for your reply. At the beginning of the lease I did not provide a notice to my tenant regarding if the funds will be held with interest, the bank name, and I did not include a copy of statue 83.49(3). This was a mistake, and I don’t know to which degree it can be used as tenant’s...
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My tenant broke the lease leaving in the middle of the one year term. He has signed the standard Early Termination Fee addendum in FL choosing the first option with the two month rent fee as liquidated damages. My question is can I include the two month fee plus the addition...