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    Landlord sees tenant's boyfriend visit 2-3 nights a week, demands he be added to the tenancy: 'He literally has his own apartment'

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    Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
    Jun 19, 2026 8:30 AM EDT

    How often is too often to have guests in a rented home?

    The need to live by someone else's rules is one of the most annoying things about having to rent. Just because you think it is right to be able to use your living space as you see fit doesn't mean that the law agrees with you. Being a tenant who doesn't face too many troubles with the landlord should not be too difficult a task, but some landlords do their best to increase the difficulty level at every turn.

    One topic that can prove to be a sore spot between tenants and landlords is the policy surrounding guests. Most people would consider it pretty normal to have friends over every so often, or let their partner stay overnight. If the landlord finds out that this has been happening more often than they would like, though, there is every chance that the person paying the rent is going to be in hot water. A guest who spends too much time in their property is likely to be a potential tenant in their eyes. It is wise to keep it on the down low if you are letting people stay regularly.

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    • A woman who had been renting her home for six months faced an unpleasant surprise when her landlord got in contact with her about the guest policy. Her boyfriend, who lived elsewhere, had been coming to stay a couple of times a week, and the landlord had found out because of her Ring doorbell.

      Sending her screenshots from the doorbell, he insisted that guests were not allowed more than 14 days in the year and that he would have to be added to the tenancy agreement. On top of that, he wanted to raise the rent, leaving her wondering if what he was doing was even something that he was allowed to do.

    • Landlord texting me ring cam screenshots of my boyfriend?

      i've been renting this place for like 6 months and my bf stays over maybe 2- 3 nights a week. he literally has his own apartment and lease elsewhere. yesterday my landlord randomly texts me a screenshot from the driveway ring camera of my bfs car and says unauthorized tenants aren't allowed.
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    • he claims guests can only stay 14 days max a year and is now trying to force me to add him to the lease and raise my rent. is this even legal?? i feel so violated that hes constantly watching the cameras like this. what do i even reply to him?
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    • jerry111165 Look at your lease first and foremost.
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    • skrimped I recently learned about this, it's because if he stays multiple nights for weeks / sometimes other qualifiers, in some states he legally becomes a tenant. This adds responsibility to you and the landlord. Then if you guys break up he can refuse to leave because
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    • he's a tenant and then you have to collaborate with the landlord to evict him. It's a lot of headache that is helped by just getting him formally on the lease
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    • BecGeoMom Is the Ring camera on *your* apartment? If so, reprogram that thing so the images don't go to his phone but to yours. Why does he have access to your Ring camera? I know he owns the place, but just like he can't come
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    • anytime and let himself into your apartment that you pay rent for, he can't watch you through cameras at what is now your home.
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    • ken120 Common to have restrictions on time a non tenant can stay. Check your lease for what your agreed to limit is.
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    • LLcoolJthe 17th Our lease was 10 days out of the year. My boyfriend had to add me however lucky they did not raise the rent.
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    • Madame TrashPanda Since you said driveway camera, are you renting a house?
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    • Not defending your landlord but people are extra cautious about anybody who can establish tenancy based on the amount of time they stay in a place. I know in NY you have to have stayed at a property for 30 consecutive days to be considered a tenant. In PA it's 15 days if somebody's lease is less than a year.
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    • BeginnersDuck777 That's very stupid. I'm sorry your landlord is an a h le.
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    • Darkstar32170 If you are gone from your apartment for more than 14 days out of a year will he reduce your rent?
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    • No-Card2461 2-3 nights a week is a room mate in some folks eyes, the ring shot is "we are not going to argue about this, I have receipts"
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    • PrettyLittleAccident This is (generally) legal. They do this so there isn't anyone not on the lease that may have a claim to residency at the premise, or so there isn't fraud if you get rental assistance. Add him or don't have him stay over any amount more than allowed by state law or your lease
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