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Assuming the season proceeds, are there particular cleaning methods or protocols that you suggest we have our cleaner do to help put the renters at ease?

So, my wife Robin and her managing partner have a cleaning company and they have been very proactive in researching cleaning products that will disinfect and sanitize the virus.   They have had conversations with reps from leading Janitorial companies and vacation rental housekeeping departments throughout the country currently in the trenches dealing with covid-19. They have researched the resources...

Is this 30 day time frame also the time to reimburse the security deposit and prepaid rents? Those deposits will have already been made and spent. Is there a time frame the owner has to come up with that reimbursement that is acceptable?

Keeping in mind that we are talking about new leases only, I think it would be a good idea to keep those payments liquid till you are past the cancellation deadline.  Remember, if there is a government ordered travel ban during a week/weeks that you are rented and a guest is not permitted to come, you should expect that homeowners will be compelled to return rent payments or otherwise negotiate something...

What will constitute an unforeseen circumstance in the future? A frustrated lease for impossible or impractical reasons is very broad. Would it be valid under personal circumstances or just those mandated by the government?

That is a very good question.  One that I asked of the Association when they first came out with the addendum.  The following is the explanation I received… "In regards to line 9, the intent of the NJ Realtors® Addendum for Seasonal Leases is to deal with unforeseen circumstances that can arise and have arisen as a result of COVID-19 that would undermine the reasons that a person would enter into a...

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