Rental up/ landlord hasn't said anything

[Anonymous]

I've been renting my place for a year. My rental application is for one year expired 8/31/13

Should my landlord have come to me and had me resign another year? Should I have gone to her?

I never see my landlord she lives about 2 hours from my rental. I just mail her rent checks.
I did mail her Septembers rent - she just hasn't cashed it yet. (she tends to take a bit to cash sometimes two weeks).

I doubt I'm going anywhere - though not the prettiest rental (or largest) its in the neighborhood I like and is in my budget.

Sorry stupid question but this is the first time I rented on my own.

[Anonymous]

You sent your landlord money for a month in which technically you are not a tenant? Girl. Call her about renewing the lease ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Usually after a lease ends, it defaults to a month to month tenancy.

[Anonymous]

Usually it turns into a month to month lease after the rental period unless one party or another requests to renew the lease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Usually after a lease ends, it defaults to a month to month tenancy.

This. Then each of you is required to give 30 days notice to vacate. If you want more security, ask for another year long lease.

[Anonymous]

Not a big deal -- happened to me a lot when I lived in apartments as both sides just assumed they'd renew. But the PPs are right, it does turn into month to month after the lease expires, so you should ask for a new lease so you have security for the next yr that you're staying in the same place.

[Anonymous]

My tenants assume they can stay beyond their lease. And I'm fine with that.

[Anonymous]

Contact your landlord and ask to renew your lease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Contact your landlord and ask to renew your lease.

Adding: in my experience we'd get a letter to sign whether to renew or not renew the lease before the lease ended.

[Anonymous]

Usually after a lease ends, it defaults to a month to month tenancy.

This is the case in VA. Not sure about DC or MD, but it seems like common sense.

(The other possibility I can think of would be that it automatically defaults to another term, i.e., another year. But month-to-month seems more sensible and likely.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been renting my place for a year. My rental application is for one year expired 8/31/13

Should my landlord have come to me and had me resign another year? Should I have gone to her?

I never see my landlord she lives about 2 hours from my rental. I just mail her rent checks.
I did mail her Septembers rent - she just hasn't cashed it yet. (she tends to take a bit to cash sometimes two weeks).

I doubt I'm going anywhere - though not the prettiest rental (or largest) its in the neighborhood I like and is in my budget.

Sorry stupid question but this is the first time I rented on my own.

Either your lease says or state law mandates you are now on month to month terms

[Anonymous]

Read your lease. You are probably month to month.

[Anonymous]

If DC, you are now month to month, but your landlord can't get you out just by giving notice. You'd have to violate a covenant in the lease, or not pay your same rent, or one of the few other exceptions would have to apply.

[Anonymous]

Read the lease.

When I was renting, the lease automatically turned into a month to month. That continued for a few years until I moved out and the landlord would send an increase notice about once a year. My parents are renting now and their lease goes month to month but there is a surcharge so they resigned for a year instead. Both were in Maryland so just see what your lease says.

[Anonymous]

You're month to month, under the same terms as the original lease. The benefit of getting another lease is you lock in your rental amount. Otherwise the landlord can raise the rent at any time (with notice). It's up to you if you want to request to sign another lease. Sometimes landlords are just happy to lock you in for longer, sometimes they take that oppertunity to raise the rent.