No lease - Does the tenant have to paint?

[dmiller12]

What is the name of your state? MN

Does a tenant on a month-to-month lease have a legal requirement to paint the home upon vacating or risk being sued? There was never a lease agreement signed.

Thanks in advance!

 

[BL]

What is the name of your state? MN

Does a tenant on a month-to-month lease have a legal requirement to paint the home upon vacating or risk being sued? There was never a lease agreement signed.

Thanks in advance!

None that I'm aware of .

Of course if you damaged the walls and paint job , you could be sued , and if you painted and did a job not up to satisfaction you could be sued .

Search for normal wear and tear . Even on this very site .

 

[aabbcc]

Did you do anything to the walls? Such as getting them dirty or painting them purple?

 

[HuAi]

Not only are you NOT required, but normally you are PROHIBITED from making alterations to the property without express written permission from the LL. What if you drip paint all over the wooden trim and now the repair cost went from a coat of paint to getting new wood for the doors and windwos?

 

[dmiller12]

No damage beyond normal wear and tear has occurred with the exception of a door. My nephew will replace the door before he leaves.

Another question. The home went to sherriff's sale and the owner has 6 months to redeem. Clearly the owner was not paying mortgage payments with the rent.

Assuming he's not able to redeem, how does the foreclosure impact the owners ability to sue and win for...well, anything?

See my nephew was consdidering buying the home but the owner was dragging his feet on signing a purchase agreement. Then the property went to sherriff's sale and now the owner is pissed he has opted not to buy the home. I'm afraid he'll seek retribution.

Not that this is relevant, but I think the owner was hoping to have his partner bid on the home at auction and get it back for a lot less then what was owed on it and then sell it to my nephew and turn a loss into a gain. Not sure if the owner knew about the possiblity for a deficieny judgment or that there was no guarantee the bank was going to sell at a loss at auction. He was bragging one day that he had this plan and if it worked, he was going to write a book. Something tells me he won't be writing that book.

Thanks for all your help!