is a lessor a landlord 
a lessor may be called a landlord a lessor is a person or legal entity that owns a property and rents it out to a lessee who in term pays the lessor to live in their property who is the lessor in a lease agreement the lessor in a lease agreement is the person or legal entity who grants a lease to an individual or family often a lease on a property the lessor is the owner of the asset in the lease agreement who is the lessee in a lease agreement a lessee is the person or legal entity leasing the asset provided by the lessor a lessee in a lease agreement is responsible for making a payment or payment to the lessor for using the asset named in the lease agreement such as an apartment or a storefront 