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My wife owns a business where she pays rent to a landlord. She's on a month by month basis. The problem with the lease is that he changes it quite often. And if my wife doesn't agree, then he threatens to not renew the lease. There was a power outage that he blamed my wife for and he made her take out her microwave and refrigerator blaming that directly for shorting out the power fuse. When she tried to convince him otherwise, he pretty much threatened her once again with not renewing the lease. Now he wants her to run a background check on my wife's lone employee. And of course he wants my wife to pay for it. I understand its his building but its her business. Is there anything we could do? We would move to another venue but that's just not a viable option right now. Please help.
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I have a few questions here: how long is the lease term? Is your wife the only tenant in the building? If not, does he treat the other tenants the same way? What is his reasoning for wanting a background check on the employee? What kind of business does your wife operate? Are the changes the landlord makes to the lease made in writing or are these verbal requests?
Any change to a written lease must be in writing and signed . It may be beneficial for your wife to hire a lawyer to handle communications with the landlord to protect her rights under the lease agreement.
Answered on Apr 18th, 2014 at 1:20 PM