Anonymous Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Well, I know this is kind of stupid to askafter the fact but I don't think it's toolate to try and settle.I broke a lease in September, with 7 monthsleft. Thelease had a buy-out clause of two monthsrent. I paidfor October and asked them if they wouldaccept thisOct. payment and my security deposit as thebuy-out since two months rent and the depositwas actually 3 months not 2. Obviously theysaid no and threatened legal action. I haveleft the apartment in better condition thanthey presented it to me. I paid foradvertising to rerent it, no luck. Units haveremainedvacant in this building for 5 months or moreprior due to maintenance issues, disgustedtenants leaving, etc.However, I think they may have finallyrerented my apt. since they are no longerrunning an ad for my size apt. which if Icall I doubt they will admit.I would like to settle somehow (at the leastcost if possible) and am wondering what thebest course of action would be. I am worriedabout how damaging this(2 months unpaid rent) looks on what was oncean excellent credit rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghacorp Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Contact the owner of the property and explain the circumstances of your lease-break or you can simply wait and see if they turn it over to a collector. Prepaid legal services are good for this sort of thing. Or, contact someone in your local AG's office for opinion. A lawsuit resulting in a judgment isn't likely to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimber6337 Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Also if they ARE reporting and attempting collections, I would report to the BBB as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted January 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 constructive eviction would be if the place was so bad you couldn't stay there any more...failure to mitigate damages would be if they didn't even try to re-rent the place...that's all I know about leases though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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