Rather than letting your extra room get stuffed with stuff, rent it out to help cover part of your mortgage via a room rental agreement. Tennessee homeowners are doing this to soften cost spikes like taxes, maintenance, or insurance. Some of the extra cash goes toward refurbishing or improvements.
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Types of Room Rental Agreements
- Room rental agreement: A legally binding contract between a live-in landlord and a tenant outlining the terms and conditions of renting the room.
- Roommate agreement: An agreement, typically non-legally binding, between co-tenants that guides the responsibilities of each party.
Breaching Contract
Failure to pay: Once rent is late on a room rental agreement, Tennessee landlords can issue a 14-day Notice to Pay or Quit. (URLTA, § 66-28-505(a)(1-2)).
Lease violations: The landlord can issue a 14-day Notice to Quit for a first-time lease violation, and they can choose to give the tenant a chance to remedy the violation. For repeat violations of the same kind within 6 months, the landlord can issue a 7-day Notice to Quit (URLTA, § 66-28-505(a)(1-2)).
Lease abandonment: If a tenant abandons the lease early, they could be responsible for real damages. Additionally, they may owe the remaining rent on the lease term until the landlord finds a new tenant to fill the unit (URLTA, § 66-28-507).
Self-help evictions: Landlords should never attempt to remove a tenant on their own, as self-help evictions are illegal. The landlord should always follow the legal eviction procedures (URLTA, § 66-28-504).
Landlord Room Access Laws
Immediate access: Tennessee landlords may enter a rental unit without providing notice or contacting the tenant in cases of emergency (TN Code § 66-28-403(b)).
Landlord harassment: If a landlord repeatedly enters the rental unit without notice, they could be found liable for landlord harassment. That could allow the tenant to end the lease early (TN Code § 66-28-403).
Advance notice: Tennessee does not specify a timeframe by which the landlord must notify the tenant before entering the rental unit.
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