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What Prospective Tenants Should Consider

Before Signing A Lease Agreement

By Peter S. Sachs, Founding Partner, Sachs Sax Caplan P.L. #3 – Is Subletting allowed? portions of the house. Who is responsible for the annual
Subletting involves renting out your space temporarily maintenance of the A/C unit? What happens if the A/C
Leasing a home or office can be an overwhelming process. to another person, while the lease still stays in your unit breaks? Who pays for normal repairs? Who pays for
There are many factors a prospective tenant should take name. This is helpful if you want to avoid breaking the replacements? These are all very important provisions
into consideration before signing a lease agreement. The lease early, or if you are not going to be in your space that need to be laid out clearly in the lease agreement.
following are some of the more important questions that you for extended periods of time. #6 – What about security deposits and personal
should consider before signing a lease agreement: #4 - What is allowed when it comes to making guarantees?
#1 - What utilities or amenities are included or not alterations? Typically, a landlord will require a security deposit.
included in the rent cost? Make sure the lease includes your ability to perform The amount is negotiable. But sometimes a landlord will
In order to ensure that there are no unexpected minor alterations, such as hanging items on the walls, also request a personal guarantee (whether from a relative
additional costs, the lease should clearly define the together with such other alterations that you may desire, or if the tenant it a business from the principal owner(s)).
responsibilities of the parties. For instance, clarify which such as painting the interior or changing the carpeting. If a personal guarantee is required, you may try and limit
party is covering amenities like parking, utilities, cable, #5 - When is a landlord allowed to enter the premises the exposure such as the amount or the timeframe that the
lawn care, storage, exterminator fees, etc. without an invitation? personal guarantee stays in existence. It is all negotiable.
#2 - How long is this lease term? Except when there is an emergency, the lease should In summary, it is vital that you understand the terms
Make sure the lease term is for the timeframe you require a landlord to give at least 24 hours’ notice of their in your commercial or residential lease agreement. You
expect to stay at the premises. However, in unforeseen intent to enter the premises. It would also be helpful to don’t want to find yourself having financial or legal
circumstances, you may be forced to either cut short your restrict the landlord’s ability to enter to a set of reasons issues down the road (especially because you did not
stay or extend your stay. One solution may be to add a such as (i) making repairs, semi-annual inspections, clearly understand your responsibilities under the lease
provision to the lease agreement allowing you to terminate showing the property to prospective tenants or buyers in agreement). That is why it is so important to get an
your lease early upon the payment of an early termination the last couple of months during the lease term, etc. attorney involved in the initial review and drafting of the
fee (typically 2 months of rent). Another solution may be #5 – Who is responsible for maintenance? lease agreement. 
adding an extension right (at the same or similar base rent) The lease agreement will need to cover who is
allowing you to extend the term of the lease by another year. responsible for maintenance of exterior and interior
Costly Compliments

By Judith Levy This doesn’t mean, never help. Yes, do your share, is getting more difficult, so the easiest thing to do is make
but don’t do it all and not all the time. They say a camel a reservation or if the dinner is at home, each one attending
Holidays are coming up is a horse put together by a committee, but they mean a can bring a cooked dish to the table. Pitching in, you can
and everyone says you’re committee that doesn’t work together, each doing his or then all enjoy your shared time together and complement
the only one who can her own share and in a timely fashion. each other. “Happy holiday to all.”
make the special dinner Everyone knows the workhorse on a committee, so don’t
that everyone loves. It’s be complimented into being that person. And if you’re the Judith Levy is the New York Times best-selling
a nice compliment and one giving out these motivating empty words, stop it and author of GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS, which
you enjoy the accolade pitch in, or get off the committee and don’t stand up and has sold over four million copies and the mega best-
and then you find yourself take the bows for work someone else has done. seller GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS, published by
again maneuvered into the It’s lovely to have a holiday family dinner at home, but HarperCollins. Both books are available on Amazon and
corner of doing a back breaking job you didn’t want to not always in the same home, for as we get older the chore Barnes & Noble. 
do in the first place. Who needs the cake they bring or
the candy, what you need is for them to take over this job
you’ve been stuck with for years and all because of the The Aker Kasten
costly compliment that they happily heap on you. “No
one makes brisket like you do.”
It’s the same if you’re on a committee. Oh yes, they Family lives in
raise their hand, they want to join, but do they want to
work? No. There is always some foolish person who will this community…
be complimented into doing a hateful, thankless job.
“Your handwriting is so lovely and the personalization
of a note brings such good results, so would you address and loves this
the hundreds of letters that have to go out? No one could
do it like you.” And there you are back in the soup. community.
I’ve trained myself to thank people for the costly
compliment but then I smile, decline and say, “I would if
I could, but I can’t, so please ask someone else.” If you
do it once or twice they’ll find some other compliment
hungry person and heap the difficult and unpleasant,
time-consuming job on them.

Attention Dog Owners

It is your responsibility to pick up after your dog. Do you need help moving safely around your home and community? Is
It’s the law.
Some of you have been negligent in doing so. driving to appointments or running errands overwhelming? Would having
Please keep our help with bathing and dressing offer relief? What kind of assistance would
Boca Pointe community bring you peace of mind?
beautiful!
At Aker Kasten, we provide compassionate, competent, and committed
caregivers – employees of our agency – to help you continue living independently
Lease Renewals and safely in your own home. Each caregiver is carefully hired and intentionally

supervised to provide the helpful and supportive care you need.

Renters- If you plan to renew your lease We are looking forward to meeting you. Contact us today to schedule
at Boca Pointe, please provide the BPCA
Management office a copy of your renewal a no-cost, no-obligation visit to discuss your situation and answer your
lease and vehicle registration prior to your lease questions. After all, that’s what neighbors do.
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