Apartment hunting.

Aug 25, 2005 10:19

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ihatecomputors August 25 2005, 19:15:47 UTC
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 might try to get her to sign additional forms that could be used to make her pay more than she is legally obligated to.

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devissickness August 25 2005, 19:28:53 UTC
Thanks for the advice Carl. I told her, and maybe she'll be able to check it out and see what she can do.

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here's a tid bit jester_realist August 26 2005, 01:41:48 UTC
she could simply not pay

they'd send her a threatening letter, she can simply not respond.

they try to take her to court she shows up and says she doesn't have a lawyer and can't afford one because her dads sick and she's paying his bills

the judge will give her another 30 days (this is after that previous 60 days she's alreayd living there) now they're 3 months no rent and they know they'll never get it, they will either a ask you to leave with no deposit back or b continue if they choose b. tell karen to simply goto the free laywer 1 day before trial get the laywer to say they didn't have time to review the case intirely and that they need more time another 30-60 days will be added to the extention

by that time they should seriously be looking into getting rid of you they may even offer the deposit back

if they don't the next time you show up to court the lawyer that is free will have found a few loop holes and use them the judge will most likely air e on her side and if not you have the rent already saved anyway doesn't matter. :P

so yea it may take 5 months or it may take 3 months depends on how desperate these people are.

it works in NY and most of NJ

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Re: here's a tid bit crazyzim August 26 2005, 12:39:19 UTC
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.

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Re: here's a tid bit jester_realist August 26 2005, 22:20:31 UTC
that's when you file a suit against them in Civil court on Defimation of character.

they'll spend too much time in court which won't cost you a dime they'll eventualy throw out your dig on your record

work the system.

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