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Calma

(51 posts) Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:30 PM Oct 2020

Apartment Dwellers Need Out of Your Lease?

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Tell the landlord you don't have live where your life is threatened. Go to court with them. Tell the Judge you're of good integrity, you did not place the nail, someone made an attempt on your life and you will not be forced to live there. Lease should be null and void without negative credit report remarks.

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Apartment Dwellers Need Out of Your Lease? (Original Post) Calma Oct 2020 OP

What the heck is this about? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #1

Apartment Managers Calma Oct 2020 #2

I'm a landlord, I never say no Rorey Oct 2020 #4

About that tenant Rorey Oct 2020 #6

unless its not true and you lie to the judge. drray23 Oct 2020 #3

Something to think about Rorey Oct 2020 #5

Beginner's Guide to Bad Faith Arguments? nt Shermann Oct 2020 #7

So you're suggesting that people make up reasons to get out of a lease? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #8

What if Calma Oct 2020 #9

eww Calma Oct 2020 #10

You don't need to make up lies to get out of that lease. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #11

Oh Calma Oct 2020 #12

If you are in the military, it is easy to break your lease mercuryblues Oct 2020 #13

Renting Around Camp Lejeune, often times they make it hard if you just moving across town. Calma Oct 2020 #14

Cool story bro. mercuryblues Oct 2020 #15

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,110 posts)

1. What the heck is this about?

Reply to Calma (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:35 PM

Oct 2020

Calma

(51 posts)

2. Apartment Managers

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:41 PM

Oct 2020

Apartment managers that refuse to let you out of a lease early. Most times when you ask out of your lease they say no.

Rorey

(8,512 posts)

4. I'm a landlord, I never say no

Reply to Calma (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:44 PM

Oct 2020

If someone doesn't want to live in one of my houses, I sure don't want to force them. In about 12 years, only one tenant wanted out early.

Rorey

(8,512 posts)

6. About that tenant

Reply to Rorey (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:57 PM

Oct 2020

I was more than happy to let him out of his lease. In his short time that he was in the rental, he complained multiple times about the neighbor's dog barking. The thing is, my (then) husband and I spent quite a few months renovating that house, and the dog was a sweet guy. I found out later that the tenant had been repeatedly antagonizing the dog in the middle of the night.

We gave the guy back his deposit and prorated rent. As soon as he was out, I gave away all of the produce that was coming up in the garden he planted, and then proceeded to chop down the rest, along with a whole lot of weeds. He walked by as I was doing it, and then sent me an email expressing how heartbroken he was to lose his garden. Oops.

drray23

(7,897 posts)

3. unless its not true and you lie to the judge.

Reply to Calma (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:42 PM

Oct 2020

not a great idea.

Rorey

(8,512 posts)

5. Something to think about

Reply to Calma (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:50 PM

Oct 2020

Prospective landlords may question why a prospective tenant only stayed somewhere for part of their lease term. If the prospective tenant has a lot of those early lease terminations, the landlord will likely assume that the prospective tenant will be a problem tenant.

It's the same as it is when a person has patchy employment (working just a short time at each job).

Shermann

(8,538 posts)

7. Beginner's Guide to Bad Faith Arguments? nt

Reply to Calma (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:58 PM

Oct 2020

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,110 posts)

8. So you're suggesting that people make up reasons to get out of a lease?

Reply to Calma (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 06:00 PM

Oct 2020

Not a good idea; dishonest and unethical.

Calma

(51 posts)

9. What if

Reply to Calma (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 06:24 PM

Oct 2020

sewage backed up and flooded the bottom floor. Landlord did nothing just sucked the water and left it up to you. When asked to break lease was told no.

Calma

(51 posts)

10. eww

Reply to Calma (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 06:28 PM

Oct 2020

Not to mention all that sewage soaked into the baseboards and was just sitting there. ewww

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,110 posts)

11. You don't need to make up lies to get out of that lease.

Reply to Calma (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 08:01 PM

Oct 2020

There is a legal presumption that your landlord is obligated to provide a habitable space. Your city probably has some kind of tenants' rights organization that can help you, but if you make up fake reasons you'll end up worse off than you are now.

Calma

(51 posts)

12. Oh

Reply to Calma (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 08:48 PM

Oct 2020

This incident was during my military service. And a lot of landlords will come off like they own you and run you and just in general have the power over you. They like playing boss without joining the corps.