If a landlord sells a rental home, does the tenant pay rent to the original landlord or to the new owner? Does Florida provide any protection to a tenant from eviction after a house is sold?
If a landlord sells a rental home, does the tenant pay rent to the original landlord or to the new owner? Does Florida provide any protection to a tenant from eviction after a house is sold?
Ideally there will be a provision in the lease that addresses the tenant's duties after the property is sold, or the landlord will have the tenant sign a document assigning the lease to the new tenant, with instruction on how post-sale rent is to be paid. If no instruction has been given, rent will normally be due to the new owner -- the tenant can contact the former owner and new owner to ask about how payment is to be made, and to what address.
The ordinary sale of a property does not affect an existing lease -- so the tenant can remain until the end of the lease term. A month-to-month tenancy may be terminated by giving fifteen days notice prior to the end of the monthly period. Florida Statutes, Sec. 83.57.
If the tenant does not pay rent, the tenant may be evicted for nonpayment of rent.