Keil Larson: Attorney at Law

FAQs

Landlord Rights

You need to serve that person a 5 days notice for rent due or a 30 days notice to vacate the premises. Then you need to file an eviction against that person.
You need to serve that person a 5 days notice for rent due or a 30 days notice to vacate the premises. Then you need to file an eviction against that person.
Since you know where the tenant is, you need to file an eviction to protect yourself. Post the 5 days notice on the door, then serve the tenant in the county jail with summons.
The Landlord will lose in court. When your landlord cashed the check, then he started a new tenancy with you. The 5 days notice is no longer valid. The Landlord needed to return the money back to you if he wanted to evict you.
If she is not out by Tuesday, file an eviction. You do not need to serve any notice as by the lease’s terms it was over on Monday. About the damages to the apartment, you will need to sue her after you regain possession. Take good picture and itemize the damages.

Landlord Rights

You need to serve that person a 5 days notice for rent due or a 30 days notice to vacate the premises. Then you need to file an eviction against that person.
You need to serve that person a 5 days notice for rent due or a 30 days notice to vacate the premises. Then you need to file an eviction against that person.
Since you know where the tenant is, you need to file an eviction to protect yourself. Post the 5 days notice on the door, then serve the tenant in the county jail with summons.
The Landlord will lose in court. When your landlord cashed the check, then he started a new tenancy with you. The 5 days notice is no longer valid. The Landlord needed to return the money back to you if he wanted to evict you.
If she is not out by Tuesday, file an eviction. You do not need to serve any notice as by the lease’s terms it was over on Monday. About the damages to the apartment, you will need to sue her after you regain possession. Take good picture and itemize the damages.
Since you are both owners of the property and only one lives in the property, under the law the one who lives in the property owns the non-occupying owner the pro rata fair market rental value. If your sister refuses to pay, you can file a lawsuit. If you wish to sell the property, you can file suit for a partition. In the partition suit you can ask for an accounting. Under the law you can recoup past unpaid rent.
In Illinois you have the right to inspect the records of the Association and ascertain if the Association books are correct. You must make a written demand. If the records are in error, you need to notify the error to the Association. If it still doesn’t get changed, then you can sue the Board for breach of fiduciary duty.
This property is heading into receivership. A court can appoint a receiver to manage the building if the Association is unable to. A receiver can file evictions against unit owners who refuse to pay the special assessments. You also have a cause of action against the Association for not enforcing collection of assessments. Only have you pay the special assessments is a dereliction of duty.
You should read the bylaws and declaration of the Association and the minutes of the board meetings of the Association for the past 5 years to see if there are any disputes between the neighbors. After you buy it may be too late.

Condominiums

Condominiums

Since you are both owners of the property and only one lives in the property, under the law the one who lives in the property owns the non-occupying owner the pro rata fair market rental value. If your sister refuses to pay, you can file a lawsuit. If you wish to sell the property, you can file suit for a partition. In the partition suit you can ask for an accounting. Under the law you can recoup past unpaid rent.
In Illinois you have the right to inspect the records of the Association and ascertain if the Association books are correct. You must make a written demand. If the records are in error, you need to notify the error to the Association. If it still doesn’t get changed, then you can sue the Board for breach of fiduciary duty.
This property is heading into receivership. A court can appoint a receiver to manage the building if the Association is unable to. A receiver can file evictions against unit owners who refuse to pay the special assessments. You also have a cause of action against the Association for not enforcing collection of assessments. Only have you pay the special assessments is a dereliction of duty.
You should read the bylaws and declaration of the Association and the minutes of the board meetings of the Association for the past 5 years to see if there are any disputes between the neighbors. After you buy it may be too late.

Property

Interesting facts. Under the law the owner of the property is still allowed to collect rent from the tenant even though the property is in foreclosure. The lender has the right to ask the judge to appoint a receiver to collect the rent or be made mortgagee in possession. If this happens then the lender needs to provide you with the court order. About the sister collecting rent for her brother, it would be unwise to give her the rent money until you see a power of attorney signed by the brother giving her the power to collect the rent.
If the title is in joint tenancy, then the last one of you three to survive will get the whole property. Of course there are problems with this situation. If you son gets divorced, then potentially his ex-wife could get part of your house.
No you can’t put a house up for sale without the 2nd owner consenting. If you want to sell, then you need to sue for partition.

Property

Interesting facts. Under the law the owner of the property is still allowed to collect rent from the tenant even though the property is in foreclosure. The lender has the right to ask the judge to appoint a receiver to collect the rent or be made mortgagee in possession. If this happens then the lender needs to provide you with the court order. About the sister collecting rent for her brother, it would be unwise to give her the rent money until you see a power of attorney signed by the brother giving her the power to collect the rent.
If the title is in joint tenancy, then the last one of you three to survive will get the whole property. Of course there are problems with this situation. If you son gets divorced, then potentially his ex-wife could get part of your house.
No you can’t put a house up for sale without the 2nd owner consenting. If you want to sell, then you need to sue for partition.