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re: Rent question...Should I fight the system?

Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:49 pm to
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129071 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:49 pm to
Should have given written notice. Why exactly did you feel like a face to face notice was good enough?


Posted by Kujo
225-911-5736
Member since Dec 2015
6015 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:50 pm to
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pay the $625
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85489 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:53 pm to
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This is the OT, brah. We don't pay rent on anything. We own shite.


See the buying a house thread for more details, but some would argue you should stop throwing away the rent and buy a $100k house with 0% down. Your notes @ 4% would be about $650/month and everyone knows it is impossible to save for a down payment and rent is just blowing away money.

Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85489 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:55 pm to
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These slum lords have lawyers in droves, and when they take you to court, that $625 will be over $2k after they ask for legal fees. F those kinda ppl who conduct business like that




Screw the people who hold someone to the terms of the contract that they signed?

Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97814 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:58 pm to
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I didn't sign a lease for month to month that after my 6 month lease was up, it automatically goes into a month to month payment plan agreement. I'm skeptical of believing that this is true.


almost every lease does this


pretty much any place will require written notice 30 days prior to moving out

pay them
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18562 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:59 pm to
Two things:

1) As a landlord myself, I can tell you that you are more likely to get screwed in this deal than the landlord. Even if the landlord is fricking you over, he/she is more likely to earn the respect of the judge than the guy that was living there paying month to month and then suddenly stopped.

2) It's just $625. Yeah, it might be a lot of money for a 13 year old assassin like yourself, but I promise you it's not worth the headache. You'll more than likely end up paying it anyway.
This post was edited on 1/21/16 at 4:00 pm
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85489 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 3:59 pm to
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Yeah, it might be a lot of money for a 13 year old assassin like yourself


Bravo sir.
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52188 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:00 pm to
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pay the $625?
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:00 pm to
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Screw the people who hold someone to the terms of the contract that they signed?

You've seen the contract? Or are you just assuming to know what the contract says?

The poster you responded to has a point. OP said he told them in April that they were moving out. The complex had notice that he was moving out. Screwed up by not telling them in writing. He will have to pay.

Letter of the law vs spirit of the law.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85489 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:05 pm to
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You've seen the contract? Or are you just assuming to know what the contract says? The poster you responded to has a point.


I'm making no more assumptions than the poster to which I replied.

Again, I don't understand why people sign a contract and then feel like they are getting screwed when someone holds them to the terms of the contract.
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:06 pm to
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I'm making no more assumptions than the poster to which I replied.

What assumptions did he make?
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171114 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:09 pm to
I really hope you're just 18 and simply don't know how things work in the real world yet.

Read contracts before you fricking sign.
This post was edited on 1/21/16 at 4:10 pm
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:09 pm to
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I really hope you're just 18 and simply don't know how things work in the real world yet.

That's the feeling I'm getting. Eye opening experience for him.

Read the shite you sign. And if you don't understand it, ask them to explain it.
Posted by Capital Cajun
Over Yonder
Member since Aug 2007
5528 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:35 pm to
Find your original lease, I bet there is verbiage in there that states you go to month to month after the original term expires and it should also spell out the vacate policy.

Since you don't have anything in writing you are probably screwed.
Posted by Tshiz
Idaho
Member since Jul 2013
7659 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:36 pm to
It's 625, just pay it poor baw
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171114 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:36 pm to
I can only imagine how shitty that apartment is for 625
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63559 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 4:39 pm to
Just ignore them. These things tend to work themselves out if you just pretend they don't exist.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
66137 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 5:00 pm to

Some of the advice is from your young peers. Me? An Old? Don't pay them a dime. Their recourse is submitting to collections and that's it. If what you're saying is true and you have credit issues in the future, spend $100.00 on an attorney letter to the property threatening damages well above the balance they fell is just. Doing so is courtroom documentation in the coming years.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
17899 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 5:03 pm to
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effect my credit


Affect is the verb and effect is the noun.

Therefore your credit might be affected. The effect of not paying May rent might be that your credit score is affected.
Posted by CockyTime
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2015
3154 posts
Posted on 1/21/16 at 7:09 pm to
If this is serious advice then it may be the dumbest I've seen and op clearly has horrible credit.
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