Someone's landlord is the man who allows them to live or work in a building which he owns, in return for rent. His landlord doubled the rent
Also known as "lessor" The owner of a property who allows other persons to occupy a property in exchange for periodic payments of rent
{i} one who owns and leases real estate; landowner who leases to others, leaser, renter; one who owns or operates of an inn or rooming house; owner of an estate
A person who agrees to allow another person to live in the premise A landlord can have a representative who acts on his/her behalf
The landlord of a pub is the man who owns or runs it, or the husband of the woman who owns or runs it. The landlord refused to serve him because he considered him too drunk
a person who rents or leases a premises he/she owns to another party Landlords of residential premises typically own an apartment building, condominium, townhouse or house
The lessor or the owner of leased premises The landlord retains a reversionary interest in the property, so that when the lease ends the property will revert to the landlord (See lease, lessor, lessee) Landlord-Tenant Law Overview
Owner of real property who rents or leases the property to a second party (tenant)
The person who owns a superior right in a property Often incorrectly referred to as the freeholder, a landlord can be an intermediate lessee who pays rent to a superior lessor (perhaps the freeholder) and collects rent from a lessee
The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants
The lessor or the owner of leased premises The landlord retains a reversion interest in the property so that when the lease ends the property will revert to the landlord
one who rents property to another; a lessor A property owner who surrenders the right to use property for a specific time in exchange for the receipt of rent
The owner of an interest in land who, in consideration of a rent or other payment (e g a premium) grants the right to exclusive possession of the whole or part of their land to another person for a specific or determinable period by way of a lease or tenancy
Parties to the leasing of real estate, whose relationship is bound by contract. The landlord, or lessor, is the owner; the tenant, or lessee, supplies payment in order to enjoy possession and use of the property for a specified period. Important forms of tenancy include tenancy for a fixed period, periodic (seasonal) tenancy, tenancy at will, and holdover tenancy (whereby a tenant remains after the contract has ended). See also real and personal property, rent
lien on a tenant's property for the satisfaction of unpaid rent or property damage; the landlord is given the status of a preferred creditor with regard to the tenant's property
An owner of an interest in income-producing property who does not reside on the premises and who may rely on a property manager to oversee the investment
any landlord who lives in a different neighborhood, or locale than the applicable units he rents out Absentee landlordism is the norm in today's commercialized, often conglomerated, incorporated rental housing market While inner cities typically offer the highest density of rental housing units, landlords usually live in nicer neighborhoods with less traffic, more back yards, lawns, offstreet parking and fresh air Thus essentially the absentee landlord does not identify with tenant struggles, tenant rights or the concept of affordable housing Equally bad, absentee landlords extract millions of dollars from any sizable inner city neighborhood each month, and do most of their personal shopping outside of tenant neighborhoods where small rent-paying shopkeepers struggle to survive In most cases, absentee landlords insulate themselves from direct tenant feedback by hiring building managers