Residential Lease For Apartment Florida: Fill & Download for Free

Sure. A residential lease can be as long as the landlord and tenant want it to be. There may be some sort of limit, I know that some leases (not your traditional apartment lease mind you) are set at 99 years. I don’t know if there is a law relating to that or it is just an agreed upon thing. It is a vague memory from law school. There may be some maximum out there though.

We moved to Toronto from Florida a couple of months back and we did face some issues in finding a decent apartment. The rents are twice in Toronto compared to Tampa, Florida. Also, I started my job within a week of landing so I wouldn’t get much time to look for apartments except on weekends when most leasing offices would be closed. Also, it’s not like the states where you just walk into any apartments’ leasing office and they show you a list of available apartments. You need to take appointments in advance to see them. Once you find something that you would like to rent then you need to provide them a couple of pay stubs or offer letter with the application and get approved(You might need to convince them to accept offer letter alone which I had to do in my case where they needed 3 paystubs which is not possible in the first month of your new job). After getting approved you pay first and last months’ rent and have your apartment.The apartments get filled atleast a month in advance so for getting one between May-June you should already start searching by now. Another thing to note is the difference between apartments and condos.Apartments are little cheaper, generally managed by a leasing company and may not be that pleasing depending on what kind of place you rented in states. Condos are little more expensive than apartments, privately owned and leased by the owner, they are really nice with a great gym, pool and many other bells and whistles. Condos are newer and apartments are mostly older buildings.Utilities like Water, Heating and Cooling is included in rent for most places (Stay away from a place which doesn’t include it). Hydro(Term for Electricity in Canada) is not included in most places but sometimes you might find a place where it’s included.The renting process could be time consuming and not as easy as the states where it was a cakewalk!If you need more help in narrowing down apartments/residential locations based on your job location then message me if that’s possible in Quora (I am new to answering here and this is my first answer ever!).All the best!

Small tidbit’s of information that I know about real estate.In NYC and the boroughs, Yes, you can issue a residential lease up to 99 years long. Some long term manhattanites use 10 to 15 year lease so they can remodel the apartment to their likings from head to toe without asking the owner to many permissions. A landlord most likely won’t issue these types of leases because your credit not only has to be good, but, you’ll have to put up a performance bond. and those can be expensive. you have to be A+ credit grade to get that type of offer accepted ( I’ve done it for a client, it was 11 years length, but it read more like a commercial lease than a residential lease, think triple net lease with some extra. all done with a lawyer)NOW, I don’t recall if a lawyer is required to draft the document or not. and I don’t know if a licensed real estate sales associate can draft it up.if you got into the deal based on good faith, time to read it, and no real pressure to sign. Then you are going to have a super horrible time breaking it without penalty.In Florida: a lease of 1 year or less is legal for a sales associate and anyone to create. BUT a lease longer than that requires a lawyer's pen and input. and it’s a law.