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Landlord’s lender forecloses and a Certificate of Title is issued on October 1, 2013 to a third party who purchased the shopping center at the foreclosure sale. Tenant was not named in the foreclosure as a defendant and the lease was not terminated. Tenant failed to pay any rent under the lease during the foreclosure. Assume tenant did not pay rent from January, 2013 – September, 2013. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Question. Can the new owner/landlord pursue the past due rent? Can new owner/landlord send a 3 day notice for the past due rent? The lease does say lessee will attorn to mortgagee. But I don’t think that matters in my example. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=172 height=60 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CECF57.94780100" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CCE29A.39B6E430"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dariel J. Abrahamy, Esq. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greenspoon Marder, P.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>100 W. 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