Answer: As a general rule, the answer is yes. Under the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, a verbal rental agreement concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit is just as enforceable as a written rental agreement (or lease) is (A.R.S. 33-1310(13)).
Lease agreements are a contract. But you don't necessarily need to hire a lawyer to write good lease agreements, you can do it yourself. But you're a first-time landlord or simply don't have the time to write a lease, you can hire a property management company to do it for you.
Tenants can break a lease in Arizona as long as they meet one of the requirements we'll explain below: Uninhabitable Unit. Active Military Duty. Early Lease Termination Clause. Landlord Harassment. Domestic Violence.
Loss of Employment, Change of Employment, Job Transfer, Death in the immediate family, Long Term Illness, Partner or Roommate Breakup, or maybe even Lack of Maintenance by the owner, No Heat or Air Conditioning, Horrible Neighbors, or any other reason imaginable. The actual reason is secondary to the situation.
If you want to terminate early, you should try to work something out with your landlord. If you make a deal, get the agreement (referred to legally as a release) in writing to prove you are no longer responsible under the lease. You should at least give the landlord notice that you will be moving out.
Generally speaking, leases don't come with a cooling-off period. This means that once you sign a lease, you're legally bound to its terms from the get-go.
An agreement for lease should, therefore, have a 'longstop date' in it. This is a date when both parties agree that the agreement for the lease can terminate if any conditions that the parties need to fulfil are not. They may agree that only one party has the choice to terminate at this date or that either party can.
Yes, you can create your own lease agreement without the assistance of a lawyer or other professional.
Except as provided in subsection F of this section, the landlord shall not terminate or refuse to renew a rental agreement without good cause.