Assessment Flashcards
A(n) ___ is created when the landlord and tenant enter into an agreement for an indefinite time, that is the lease does not contain a specific expiration date
Periodic tenancy
A(n) ___ gives the tenant the right to possess property with the landlord’s consent for an unspecified term.
Estate at will
A(n) ___ always has specific beginning and ending dates.
Estate for years
A(n) ___ is a leasehold that continues for a definite period of time
Estate for years
A lease is a type of ___
Contract
To be valid, a lease must meet the same requirements as __
any other contract
What are the 4 elements of a contract?
1) Capacity
2) Legal objectives
3) Offer and acceptance
4) consideration
The ___ makes it illegal to discriminate against tenants on the basis of disability.
FHA
Under the FHA, tenants with disabilities must be permitted to make ___ to a property at ___ expense.
reasonable modifications
the tenant’s
Under the FHA, if modifications made to a property to accommodate a tenant’s disability would interfere with a future tenant’s use, the landlord may require that the premises be ___ at the end of the lease term at ___ expense.
restored to their original condition
the tenant’s
In a triple-net lease, the tenant pays ___ and ___.
Operating expenses
Rent
In a triple-net lease, the ___ pays for all taxes, assessments, insurance, maintenance, utilities, and other charges related to the premises
tenant
In a(n) ___ lease, the tenant pays a fixed rent and the landlord pays all taxes, assessments, insurance, maintenance, and utilities connected with the property.
Gross
In a gross lease, the ___ pays all taxes, assessments, insurance, maintenance, and utilities connected with the property.
landlord
In a net lease, the ___ pays all or some of the operating expenses.
tenant
In a sale and leaseback, the ___ and ___ are the same party.
Tenant and seller
In a ground lease, the ___ agrees to construct a building
Tenant
In a(n) ___ lease, the tenant agrees to construct a building
ground
A(n) ___ combines a lease and sales agreement
Lease purchase
In a(n) ___ lease, the tenant pays some or all of the building’s expenses
Net
In a(n) ___ lease, rent is based on the tenant’s gross income
percentage
In a percentage lease, rent is based on the tenant’s ___.
Gross income
In a(n) ___ lease, the landowner pays all of the building’s expenses
gross
In a gross lease, the ___ pays all of the building’s expenses.
Landowner
A landlord must ___ on the tenant before beginning eviction proceeding.
Serve notice
A landlord must serve notice on the tenant before commencing the legal eviction process, called ___.
Actual eviction
As with any other contract, a lease is ___ when the contract terminates
discharged
As with any other contract, a lease is discharged when the contract ___.
Terminates
Termination of a lease can occur when all parties have ___ or when the parties ___.
Fully performed their obligations under the agreement
Agree to cancel the lease
A tenant rents an apartment in a 100-unit high rise in a chicago suburb for $900 per month. The tenant decides to move when she learns that her rent will be raised by 25% at the expiration of her one-year lease. When she moved in, the tenant deposited $1,200 as a security deposit. The interest rate should be computed at a rate qual to that paid on a(n) ___ at the state’s ___.
minimum deposit passbook
state’s largest commercial bank
A tenant’s tenancy for years will expire in 2 weeks. The tenant plans to move to a larger apartment across town when the current tenancy expires. What must the tenant do to terminate this agreement and why?
Tenant doesn’t need to do anything; agreement will terminate automatically
Before entering into a service relationship with a prospective tenant, a rental-finding service must provide the prospective tenant with a written contract that discloses…
a) Total amount to be paid over the lease term
b) statement that information about rental units may be up to 2 days old
c) copy of the brokerage agreement between the owner and rental-finding service
d) statement that the contract will be invalid if information about a rental unit is provided when the unit has been unavailable for more than 5 days
b) statement that information about rental units may be up to 2 days old
Under the negotiated terms of a particular residential lease, the landlord is required to maintain the water heater. If a tenant is unable to get hot water because of a faulty water heater that the landlord has failed to repair after repeated notification, which remedy would be available to the tenant?
a) suing the landlord for damages
b) assigning the lease agreement
c) abandoning the premises under constructive eviction
d) being refunded back rent by the landlord
c) abandoning the premises under constructive eviction
A ground lease is usually
a) long term
b) short term
c) 100 years or longer
d) a gross lease
Long term
In IL, leases for more than one year must be ___ and ___ to be enforceable in court
in writing
signed
A commercial lease calls for a minimum rent of $1,200 per month plus 4% of the annual gross business exceeding $150,000. If the total rent paid at the end of one year was $19,200, how much business did the tenant do during the year?
$270,000
1200 x 12 = 1400
19200-1400 = 4800
4800 divided by 0.04 = 120000
120,000+150,000= 270,000
A person has a 1 year leasehold interest in a house. the interest automatically renews itself at the end of each year. The person’s interest is called a(n) ___.
Tenancy from period to period
A tenant’s lease has expired. The tenant has neither vacated the premises nor negotiated a renewal lease, and the landlord has declared that she does not want the tenant to remain in the building. This form of possession is called…
an estate at sufferance
A tenant signs a lease that includes a schedule of rent increases on specific dates over the course of the lease term. What type of lease has the tenant signed?
Graduated
When a tenant holds possession of a landlord’s property without a current lease agreement and without the landlord’s approval, the landlord can file ___.
Forcible entry and detainer
or file suit for possession
In IL, a landlord must give a tenant at least 60 days written notice to terminate which of these tenancies?
a) tenancy for years
b) tenancy at will
c) tenancy from year to year
d) tenancy at sufferance
Tenancy from year to year
___ is consideration for the use of real property
Rent
What is rent?
consideration for the use of real property
A tenant enters into a commercial lease that requires a monthly rent based on a minimum set amount plus an additional amount determined by the tenant’s gross receipts exceeding $5,000. This type of lease is called…
Percentage lease
If a tenant moved out of a rented store building because access to the building was blocked as a result of the landlord’s negligence, the tenant would be entitled to…
Recover damages from the landlord
A tenant still has 5 months remaining on a 1 year apartment lease. When the tenant moves to another city, she transfers possession of the apartment to a friend for the entire remaining term of the lease. The friend pays rent directly to the tenant. In this situation, the original tenant has become a(n) ___.
Sublessor
A landlord who owns a 20 unit apartment building in Decatur, IL, has held a tenant’s security deposit for 3 months. The tenant, who is on a month-to-month lease, informs the landlord that he will be vacating the apartment in 30 days. How much interest does the landlord owe the tenant on the security deposit?
NO interest
How many days advance notice is required to terminate a month-to-month tenancy in IL?
30
A lease in which the tenant pays rent plus maintenance and property charges
Net lease
What is a net lease?
A lease in which the tenant pays rent plus maintenance and property charges
A tenant has a 1 year lease on an apartment. If the tenant fails to pay his rent when it is due, the landlord may…
Serve notice on the tenant to pay the delinquent rent within 5 days
Landlords who receive security deposits on residential leases, on deposits held for more than ___ months, are required to pay interest from the date of the deposit at a rate equal to the interest paid on a minimum deposit passbook savings account of the state’s largest commercial bank.
6
Illinois lessees are entitled to receive ___ on their security deposits
annual interest
Rental-finding services are required to enter into ___ with the parties for whom their services are to be performed
contracts
The contract between rental-finding services and the parties who their services are being performed for must clearly disclose a statement that the contract will be void, and all fees paid in advance will be refunded, if the information regarding possible rental units available is not ___ or ___.
Current or accurate
If a leased premises becomes unusable for the purpose stated in the lease, the tenant may have the right to ___, which would terminate the lease agreement
Constructive eviction
___ leases usually involve separate ownership of the land and buldings
ground
___ leases must be for a long enough term to make the transaction desirable to the tenant investing in the building, and often run for terms of 50-99 years
Ground
The statute of frauds in IL requires lease agreements be in writing to be enforcable if they are for more than ___, and must be signed by…
1 year
lessor and lessee
Month to month, week to week, or year to year are all examples of….
periodic tenancy