What does 'month to month' entail? February 7, 2005 9:31 AM  
Subscribe  I don't understand leasing and renting in Toronto
[great deals and spectacular lake-front views inside].  I've
been renting my current apartment for a number of years. And
every year the super comes around with a lease to sign. After
doggedly perusing the management for a couple of months and
negotiating a fair rent, I sign the lease.  The lease looks like
a standard form and is written in Leagalish, but it seems to me
that I can just tell my landlord that I'm not signing the lease
and then my tenancy becomes "month to month".  What does this
mean? I assume it means I can move out easier, but is it easier
for them to, say, evict me without cause? What are the supposed
advantages to the renter and landlord of a lease? If I've signed
a lease, and want to break it, can I do that if the landlord
doesn't want to let me? Surely they can't force me to stay (or
pursue me for the rest of the lease's term's payments) if I
needed/wanted to move to