anybody have experience breaking apartment lease?
10-20-2009, 01:49 PM
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the day we signed and that key hit the palm of my hand, me and my wife moved out of our apartment.
we did not put stuff away, just unloaded in the garage and made the next trip.
we made 5 loads in my truck and her car, blew up the air matress, ordered pizza, and spent our first night in our new home.
the next day we moved stuff in from the garage.
we did not give a 2 weeks notice, all utilitys were shut off by friday, left no forwording mailing address.
two years later, buy my wife a jeep liberty, nothing showed up on my credit.
put down 2k and the payments totaled the sticker price of the jeep if that gives you an idea of the intrest rate we were charged.
we left it clean, they got to keep the doposit, and i know some one was living their in less then 2 weeks.
we did not put stuff away, just unloaded in the garage and made the next trip.
we made 5 loads in my truck and her car, blew up the air matress, ordered pizza, and spent our first night in our new home.
the next day we moved stuff in from the garage.
we did not give a 2 weeks notice, all utilitys were shut off by friday, left no forwording mailing address.
two years later, buy my wife a jeep liberty, nothing showed up on my credit.
put down 2k and the payments totaled the sticker price of the jeep if that gives you an idea of the intrest rate we were charged.
we left it clean, they got to keep the doposit, and i know some one was living their in less then 2 weeks.
10-20-2009, 03:57 PM
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i did it in 02 but they didnt put it on my credit report until 04, they have tried to call me and negotiate they wanted to settle for 1/3 of what i owed, but i still didnt agree ... this last year...
10-20-2009, 07:32 PM
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ap if they waited a few years to put it on my credit i could care less.
i got a chunk of realestate under my *** worth 170,000 thats 5 years from being paid off.
if i truly needed money for a emergency im sure i can get a loan with no problems.
i got a chunk of realestate under my *** worth 170,000 thats 5 years from being paid off.
if i truly needed money for a emergency im sure i can get a loan with no problems.
10-20-2009, 08:52 PM
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the day we signed and that key hit the palm of my hand, me and my wife moved out of our apartment.
we did not put stuff away, just unloaded in the garage and made the next trip.
we made 5 loads in my truck and her car, blew up the air matress, ordered pizza, and spent our first night in our new home.
the next day we moved stuff in from the garage.
we did not give a 2 weeks notice, all utilitys were shut off by friday, left no forwording mailing address.
two years later, buy my wife a jeep liberty, nothing showed up on my credit.
put down 2k and the payments totaled the sticker price of the jeep if that gives you an idea of the intrest rate we were charged.
we left it clean, they got to keep the doposit, and i know some one was living their in less then 2 weeks.
we did not put stuff away, just unloaded in the garage and made the next trip.
we made 5 loads in my truck and her car, blew up the air matress, ordered pizza, and spent our first night in our new home.
the next day we moved stuff in from the garage.
we did not give a 2 weeks notice, all utilitys were shut off by friday, left no forwording mailing address.
two years later, buy my wife a jeep liberty, nothing showed up on my credit.
put down 2k and the payments totaled the sticker price of the jeep if that gives you an idea of the intrest rate we were charged.
we left it clean, they got to keep the doposit, and i know some one was living their in less then 2 weeks.
10-20-2009, 09:02 PM
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I guess they dont pay much attn to an apartment lease like they would a credit card or mortgage,? maybe that is why? it always been weird that they would never say something about when i would make a big purchase? even when i bought my 2nd home last year 200k+, hell i neved even went to the bank for the loan i went to the loan officers house to do the paperwork,(she lived a few blocks away).
10-20-2009, 09:57 PM
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Honestly, if it were me, given the above ideas (good info everyone!), I might run an ad on Craig's List and see if anyone would like the place and be willing to sign a new lease. Then, go to the manager's office (with the new person) and do it!!! I don't know anyone who would refuse a situation such as that.
However, if that still doesn't work and you end up having to go to court, you could use this as evidence that the landlord is completely unreasonable.
However, if that still doesn't work and you end up having to go to court, you could use this as evidence that the landlord is completely unreasonable.
10-20-2009, 10:29 PM
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See if you can sublease it to someone else.
I've never done it, but my understanding is that you wouldn't be breaching a contract. You just lease it out to someone else and once your obligation is up you can have them renew the lease with the landlord.
Not sure if you can do that there or not but seems the best route to take is to find a replacement tenant. The entire idea of a contract is it guarantees the landlord an income. As long as you have a replacement you should be able to decrease the damages.
I've never done it, but my understanding is that you wouldn't be breaching a contract. You just lease it out to someone else and once your obligation is up you can have them renew the lease with the landlord.
Not sure if you can do that there or not but seems the best route to take is to find a replacement tenant. The entire idea of a contract is it guarantees the landlord an income. As long as you have a replacement you should be able to decrease the damages.
10-20-2009, 11:25 PM
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we had 3 months left, the deposit would have taken care of a month, leaving 2 months rent unpaid.
got her car 2 years later and had nothing on my credit report.