Among these lease agreements there is a lease option agreement. These agreements can be defined as a right to a tenant to buy your property in future also known as a rent-to-own agreement. Such agreements can be beneficial for the landlord and tenant both; however as a landlord you need to be careful in how you leverage your assets. Separate lease forms can be prepared for such an agreement. However, it depends on both parties as to what their conditions regarding lease of any property are.
Since it is an optional agreement so, it has some common features. One of the most important of its features is exclusive option to the tenant whether to buy the property at the end of the agreement. Second thing is that in legal terms options are assignable, which means that the tenant can sell or give the option to someone else to buy the property. Although, it can be specified or pointed out in the agreement; however, generally that is what an option means to exercise the right to do or not to do. You might have heard the options market in securities market. Lease option agreement also works the same way. This agreement is like securities options, but with conditions can be changed through a lease form. The option will have certain time of beginning and expiry. The price of the property in the option can be different at different times. The price can be fixed to the agreement or as mentioned in lease form or can be set to what the fair market value of the property is at the time of exercising the option by the tenant.
The way in which the lease agreement works is that the tenant pays higher rent then normal market rate for the property, either the extra portion of the rent paid goes to the payment for the property or the whole rent goes to the owner as the value for the property as it has been agreed in the lease form. If the tenant fails to exercise the right of purchasing the property the landlord just like the premium in case of securities owns the extra money. These agreements have gained popularity because of the current economic conditions and sub-prime mortgage crisis and therefore the same is the case of the lease forms. Most of the people find such lease agreements more suitable than going for credit or other financing options.
Lease forms are the most important document for lease agreements as they contain all the conditions necessary for a lease. Lease forms can be added up with conditions like is a lease option agreement. However, the most important thing is to make these lease forms easier to understand to get the best out of them for both the landlord as well as the tenant. Lease option agreements are getting more acceptance in today’s environment as people want to own some property with the same money they pay for their rent
Sunday, 8 November 2009
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