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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
The law is often not nearly as cut and dry as people think it is.
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Amen to that. But it should be...
For instance
(major tangent apology in advance), having a girlfriend crash and receive mail at your Canadian home more than three years equals a common in-law marriage. She can demand past housecleaning wages, any monies contributed, or possibly take your own home.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6532711/common-law-vs-marriage/
The paranoid in me first suggests this tenant's kids are possibly setting up a lawsuit.
-Notice 'given'
-Documented for court. AZ is 1-party.
https://www.territoriallaw.com/blog/2020/october/one-party-consent-arizonas-wiretapping-law/
-Potential for squatting.
I would still go on good faith in the meantime...show you have good intentions.
First things first. Send a 12mo or whatever lease-renewal letter, and imply a desire to re-rent regardless of him or another party and nothing regarding the existing lease conditions would change. Security deposit held and same rent rate. The time-frame may have slipped his mind as well. I've also had good long-term tenants remind me their lease is up. Get a new lease in writing in the meantime.
The purchase offer is completely separate. No good faith intent has been demonstrated.