Landlord-Friendly Lease Agreement Sentence
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A Landlord-Friendly Lease Agreement Sentence is a position-favoring real-estate lease agreement sentence that primarily secures the landlord's interests, often by imposing additional obligations on the tenant, limiting the tenant's rights, or protecting the landlord's proprietary information and operational flexibility.
- Context:
- It can (typically) limit the tenant's ability to challenge or audit the landlord's decisions or actions.
- It can range from being an Absolute Landlord-Friendly Contract Sentence to being a Relative Landlord-Friendly Contract Sentence.
- It can range from being a Standard Landlord-Friendly Position-Favoring Contract Sentence to being a Non-Standard Landlord-Friendly Position-Favoring Contract Sentence.
- It can range from being a Landlord-Friendly Residential Lease Agreement Sentence (in a residential lease agreement) to being a Landlord-Friendly Commercial Lease Agreement Sentence (in a commercial lease agreement).
- It can impose documentation and compliance requirements on tenants.
- It can prioritize the Landlord's Operational Interests.
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- Example(s):
- a Documentation and Confidentiality Obligation Provision which imposes documentation and confidentiality obligations on the tenant, such as:
- “Tenant must execute all documentation and confidentiality agreements as reasonably requested by Landlord, ensuring protection of proprietary information.".
- “Tenant shall execute such documentation as Landlord or any Lender may request from time to time in order to confirm the matters set forth in this Article in recordable form."
- "The tenant must obtain written permission from the landlord for any alterations to the premises, and such alterations shall become the property of the landlord upon termination of the lease."
- One that requires the tenant to comply with confidentiality agreements before reviewing the landlord's financial or operational records.
- One that limits the tenant's right to terminate the lease early without substantial penalties, thus ensuring the landlord's financial stability.
- One that allows the landlord to terminate the lease at any time without cause, such as:
- “Landlord reserves the right to terminate this lease at any time, with or without cause, upon providing 30 days' written notice to the tenant."
- One that permits the landlord to increase rent by any amount at any time, such as:
- “Landlord may adjust the monthly rent to any amount deemed necessary, with or without notice, at any time during the lease term."
- One absolving the landlord of all property maintenance responsibilities, like: “Tenant shall bear full responsibility for all maintenance and repairs of the leased premises, irrespective of the nature or extent of the required work."
- One (a Leased Property Security Deposit Sentence) allowing the landlord unlimited discretion over deductions, such as:
- “Upon termination of the lease, landlord shall have sole discretion to determine the amount of the security deposit to be returned to the tenant, if any."
- “Should the Leased Premises incur casualty damage, the Lessor will repair the damage as soon as is reasonably possible, considering material damage, remaining term of the lease, and insurance proceeds availability.".
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- a Documentation and Confidentiality Obligation Provision which imposes documentation and confidentiality obligations on the tenant, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Contractual Sentence, Tenant-Friendly Contractual Sentence, Neutral Contractual Sentence, Lease Agreement, Property Management Contract.