Apartment hunting.

[devissickness]

So

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[astrogrrrl]

whoa on the abusive ex! has she gone to the police??? changing her number is only a temporary fix. if he's obsessed enough, he will track her down...

best of luck with the apartment hunting! it didn't work out with me and mark (looking at places) so we're not moving in together :(

[devissickness]

oh no! so are you staying where you are then for another year?

[astrogrrrl]

yep... i really do like my roommates, and i save money this way, so it'll be ok. of course I won't see mark as much as I'd like, but what can ya do? at least he won't be stressed about finances either since he's staying at home

[crazyzim]

wow, that's awful about karen's lease!! what a bummer. it sucks b/c they could obviously turn around and rent the place and lose nothing, but a lease is a lease i guess.. :-\

on the upside though, walking to work most days would be awesome, wouldn't it?! i seriously wish i could do that. thus i'll be looking for an apt on park ave next year. ha!

[devissickness]

It could be good, but I'm just hoping that Karen can convince them that she needs to get out of there, even if she has to exaggerate a little bit.

[ihatecomputors]

We ran into this a couple years ago when we moved out of our apartment early here. She might want to do a little research on what the laws are in that state because there are some where you are allowed to break a lease for health or job reasons. Even if that's not the case it is probably easier than the landlord is telling her. Generally, if you break a lease you're responsible for the remainder of the rent but this is only if nobody moves into the apartment. I think that a landlord is required to let you sublet the apartment and/or help you find another tenant to move in and if they refuse to do this it might be a violation of the law on their part. If they violate whatever law pertains to this (or if they are breaking any other housing laws) then it could be grounds to break the lease without obligation. Fortunately our landlord was cool and quickly found a tenant to take our place so we got out of it without paying anything extra. If her landlord is a bit more unscrupulous, he/she might not be honest about the situation and

[devissickness]

Thanks for the advice Carl. I told her, and maybe she'll be able to check it out and see what she can do.

here's a tid bit

[jester_realist]

she could simply not pay

Re: here's a tid bit

[crazyzim]

and then the next time you go to rent an apartment they can find these things all out about you on a credit/background check, if they choose to do one. so it might work, but i doubt it's the best idea.