Commentary for Bava Metzia 128:7
רב יוסף בר חמא תקיף עבדי דאינשי דמסיק בהו זוזי ועביד בהו עבידתא א"ל רבא בריה מ"ט עביד מר הכי א"ל אנא כרב נחמן סבירא לי דאמר רב נחמן עבדא נהום כריסיה לא שוי
Others say: R. Joseph b. Minyomi said in R. Nahman's name: Though it has been ruled, If a man dwells in his neighbour's court without his knowledge, he is not bound to pay him rent, [yet if he proposes to him,] 'Lend me money, and live in my court,' he [the creditor] must pay rent. Now, he who rules, [Even] if he had [already] lent him, [he must pay rent], will certainly hold the same if he proposed, 'Lend me [etc.].' But he who rules, [if he says,] 'Lend me,' [he must pay him rent], will, in the case where he has already lent him, hold that it is unnecessary. Why so? Since he did not originally lend the money for this purpose, there is no objection to it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., having lived there, he is not bound to pay the rent. The Mishnah then which says that he must not live rent free means that no condition to that effect is permissible. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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