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Don't pay anything and let them sue you. All they can collect is what you owe if they win in court, don't pay the judgement and offer $10 a month to the collection agency.
Pretty good way to ensure you destroy your credit and never rent in a nice place again. Why do you keep giving out terrible advice? Are you bent on ruining lives with your horrendous advice?
Don't pay anything and let them sue you. All they can collect is what you owe if they win in court, don't pay the judgement and offer $10 a month to the collection agency.
Pretty good way to ensure you destroy your credit and never rent in a nice place again. Why do you keep giving out terrible advice? Are you bent on ruining lives with your horrendous advice?
Im trying to keep it out of the courts and all that collection etc.. so if he were willing to negotiate with me for 1-2 months rent payment to cover the loss for admin expenses, finders fees to date that would be great. Hopefully then cut us loose. Let's see if the LL is interested.
Don't pay anything and let them sue you. All they can collect is what you owe if they win in court, don't pay the judgement and offer $10 a month to the collection agency.
Don't pay anything and let them sue you. All they can collect is what you owe if they win in court, don't pay the judgement and offer $10 a month to the collection agency.
The above advice is only valid if the poster is willing to support you through any adverse action due to your credit being ruined. In other words, its the most stupidest advice anyone can give.
Either that, or abandon her mother and move into the place, or pay for several months rent for an apartment you will never use while still having to pay for somewhere else to live.
the problem here is that this particular subforum is mostly heartless greedy landlords who try to scare renters and who don't care about what happens to people and what is morally right or wrong. I can tell you that Karma gets those greedy people and they lost their ill gotten gains tenfold.
If the OP has several thousands of dollars burning a hole in her wallet she should pay.
Let them take you to court and say you tired to mediate and were refused and can only afford $50 a month and that's all you can pay.
If you have great credit it will not be ruined by a lease that you were unable to fulfil. Also you were not evicted so look on the bright side.
As far as I know letting things fall into the hands of collections is only bad if you continue to ignore it. After the 30 days from the initial contact by the collection agency, if you don't respond to the inquiry, yes, your credit will be down the ****ter. But requesting a settlement or offering the 10 a month to the agency as "the most you can afford" would actually keep your credit safe unless you stopped making the payments. Sorry folks but dealing with collection agencies isn't an automatic "credit destroyer".
Also, to the other poster who said landlords aren't made of money, yes, yes they are.
As far as I know letting things fall into the hands of collections is only bad if you continue to ignore it. After the 30 days from the initial contact by the collection agency, if you don't respond to the inquiry, yes, your credit will be down the ****ter. But requesting a settlement or offering the 10 a month to the agency as "the most you can afford" would actually keep your credit safe unless you stopped making the payments. Sorry folks but dealing with collection agencies isn't an automatic "credit destroyer".
Also, to the other poster who said landlords aren't made of money, yes, yes they are.
The landlord would likely skip the collections and head right to court. Legally the landlord can sue for the full term of the lease, court costs and his attorney fees. The landlord would win and the OP's credit would be trashed. If the landlord knows where OP works, he can then have her wages garnished. He can also place liens on any property she owns AND levy her bank accounts.
There is also a vacant clause that says it cant be empty for more than 2 weeks or else it turns into the same language as the break lease clause.
Re-read the vacancy clause. Usually they do this only when rent is NOT paid and the unit is vacant. They do this for situations when renters move out in the middle of the night and stop paying. The landlord has such clause so they can take the unit back after 2 weeks.
But in your case the rent would be paid up, so it wouldn't be considered abandoned. Check the lease and also state law.
Also some leases specify that the renter must inform landlord if the unit will be empty for longer than X weeks (such as when you go on long vacation and rent is still being paid). Usually they just ask to be notified, but they won't kick you out. So check your lease for such wording as well.
If any of the above are favorable, you could inform the landlord that you are keeping the unit and will pay rent but you are delaying your move-in date.
Re-read the vacancy clause. Usually they do this only when rent is NOT paid and the unit is vacant. They do this for situations when renters move out in the middle of the night and stop paying. The landlord has such clause so they can take the unit back after 2 weeks.
But in your case the rent would be paid up, so it wouldn't be considered abandoned. Check the lease and also state law.
Also some leases specify that the renter must inform landlord if the unit will be empty for longer than X weeks (such as when you go on long vacation and rent is still being paid). Usually they just ask to be notified, but they won't kick you out. So check your lease for such wording as well.
If any of the above are favorable, you could inform the landlord that you are keeping the unit and will pay rent but you are delaying your move-in date.
OK, now this sounds like a workable solution. Yes if the LL does not accept my offer to pay 2 months of rent in exchange to be released from the lease then I will have them clarify the abandonment/vacancy clause.
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