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A Tenant at Will is one who occupies a rented apartment without a lease, but pays rent periodically (typically monthly). Either the landlord or the tenant may terminate this arrangement at any time by giving written notice of 30 days or one full rental period in advance, whichever is longer. No reason is required.

A lease is a legal, binding contract outlining the terms under which one party agrees to rent property owned by another party. It guarantees the tenant or lessee use of the property and guarantees the property owner or landlord regular payments for a specified period in exchange.

In a tenancy-at-will the tenant pays the agreed-upon rent each month for an indefinite period of time. Either the landlord or the tenant can decide to end the tenancy by giving the other party notice either 30 days or one month before the due date of the next rent payment, whichever is longer.

Depending on the reason for eviction, a landlord must provide the tenant either a 14-Day or 30-day Notice to Quit. A landlord must then file a civil action (summary process) in court, and get a judgment from the court that specifies the date that the tenant must leave the rental property with their belongings.

In cases where the tenant will remain during the sale, the tenant maintains all their rights to use property and their right to privacy. The landlord is required to maintain the property and the tenant must provide reasonable access to the property for the landlord to show it to prospective buyers and to make repairs.

Before the eviction process, when a landlord or property manager in Massachusetts wants a tenant to either comply with an order or vacate the rental property if they cannot comply, they will use the Massachusetts Notice to Quit Form to inform tenants they must remedy the problem within a short period of time (often 3-7 ...