Question:
We are a group of about 15 people, we have been renting in the summer bungalows for the last 3 years from someone... with no previous notice we found out that he took a deposit from someone else to sell the bungalows we have been renting the last few years, so the question is, do we have here a taneh chazakah / din kedimeh if we offer the same amount of money...
Answer:
Based solely on what you are saying, and without knowing what the seller has to say, it would appear that you do have a claim to be a Bar Metzra since you are the one who rented the bungalow for hat last number of years.
Sources:
CH:M 175- 59, 60 Bais Yosef ibid.30 ( 62-2) in the new Tur.
