How Can A Commercial Lessor In Florida Recover Funds When The Tenant Won’t Pay?

2024-06-17T12:41:52-04:00January 21st, 2019|Categories: Business, Commercial, Hard Money, Investment Properties, Leases, Tenants|Tags: , , |

Are you about to become a commercial lessor in Florida? Congratulations! You should know that a Florida statute (F.S. § 83.08) gives commercial lessors a statutory remedy for missed rent payments. The statute allows the lessor to put a lien against property on the leased premises.  Eventually, almost all lessors are forced to deal with tenants failing to pay rent. You don't just have to accept the missed rent as a loss though. The statute allows commercial lessors in Florida the automatic right to get a lien on all property within the premises owned by the tenant. Now, it doesn't mean