How to Rescue Your Right to Enforce Overlooked Lease Violations

It’s hard to enforce all the lease provisions residents must comply with, such as bans on pets and home businesses. At some point, you may overlook a resident’s violation of a lease provision for several months. But if you ignore the violation for too long, you may lose your right to insist that the resident comply with the provision. In legal terms, ignoring the violation for too long may constitute a “waiver.”