The owners of my apartment building have turned control of the building over from the extremely reputable apartment management company that I signed a lease with to a much less reputable company. Am I legally bound to continue honoring the lease? Since my
earlier question, I've done research into the law and my specific lease. My recourse isn't obvious to me. What to do? (Arlington County, VA)
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posted by charmston
on Jun 20, 2009 -
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My landlords want to kick me out and move into my apartment. They gave me the 60 days notice, but I have some questions about the validity of their notice.
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posted by krunk
on Jun 16, 2009 -
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We're moving to Canada in 3 months but we need a new car now. Buy? Lease? Here? There?
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posted by setanor
on Jun 12, 2009 -
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The owners of my apartment building have turned control of the building over from the extremely reputable apartment management company that I signed a lease with to a much less reputable company. Am I legally bound to continue honoring the lease? (Arlington County, VA)
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posted by charmston
on Jun 4, 2009 -
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Moving out of rental house because landlord's lease violates zoning laws, can he bring us to court to get rent?
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posted by phishie
on Jun 3, 2009 -
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I have been a great tenant for 2 years. I keep the place clean, I am quiet, I take out everyone's recycling, pay my rent on time (occasionally early), pay for my own carpet cleaning once a year to name a few of my glowing tenancy points. I have not physically renewed my lease in that time, but it states on the lease that I need to state my intention to stay and my lease is automatically renewed. Great! This year my landlord wants me to physically resign lease. No problem. He put a letter in my mail box with the new lease info. Same as always, so I said I would be over to sign. But two days ago he decided to change the terms...
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posted by MayNicholas
on May 31, 2009 -
23 answers
Single girl. Two large dogs. 19 months left on a leased sedan now complete with body damage, and the real need for a larger car. Are there any good options?
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posted by alma
on May 30, 2009 -
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My SO and I are considering taking advantage of the current housing market and purchasing a second house to lease. What specifics should we contemplate at this early stage?
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posted by purpletangerine
on Apr 29, 2009 -
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Our landlord wants a five percent per year increase to renew our office lease for two years. Where is the data that shows the commercial market is going the other way?
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posted by gum
on Apr 24, 2009 -
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Just signed a 5 month lease with 4 roommates found on Craigslist, then found out one guy has a criminal record a mile long! How should I begin to deal with this so things don't get physically dangerous, or legally murky?
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posted by UrbanEye
on Apr 16, 2009 -
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My car salesman is encouraging me to end my current lease early (by two months) and start my next one immediately. Pros and cons?
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posted by JannaK
on Apr 1, 2009 -
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We just lost our car in a garage fire, should we now lease or buy? We live in a condo, and a bunch of us homeowners lost our cars (and other belongings) in a garage fire. My wife and I want to know the hive-mind's opinion on whether we should lease or buy now that we're forced into the market for a new car. Some information: we're "tree-huggers" so we appreciate good gas mileage (and we're enamored with the upcoming 3rd gen Honda Insight). But we also drive the cars a ton, we drive everywhere. We live in Indianapolis, but our parents and families are on the east coast, so we drive to NYC and the D.C. area multiple times a year; not to mention the Chicago area, too. So that would also be a consideration whether we lease or buy... Thanks for anyone's opinion.
posted by lonemantis
on Mar 23, 2009 -
14 answers
My roommate just signed a 12-month lease on our place in January. When she did that, our bedrooms had
this view. As of this week, they have
this view. Grounds to break the lease?
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posted by rafter
on Mar 19, 2009 -
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My girlfriend needs to move out of her apartment she is sharing with roommates. What types of consequences could she be facing financially? Can she find any person to replace herself on the lease?
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posted by cbulock
on Mar 12, 2009 -
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I have a verbal month-to-month lease in Chicago, IL (there is no signed paper lease). I want to move out by March 1st (a few days from now). So there will be no 30 days' notice possible. What happens in this situation, with the deposit, etc? (more inside) and how do I deal with the landlord?
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posted by white light
on Feb 25, 2009 -
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My boyfriend and I are planning to get an apartment together soon. I have solid rental history, but he's been moving from place to place and hasn't been on a lease in about 5 years. How do we tackle this on a rental application?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 16, 2009 -
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I've heard that one can sever certain contracts they sign in Ontario if it's within the first 10 days of signing. If this is true, does it also apply to a lease on a house?
posted by gman
on Feb 16, 2009 -
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How should I go about negotiating a new lease with my leasing company? Ideally I would pay the same or less in monthly rent.
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posted by anotherpanacea
on Jan 31, 2009 -
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Sort of like a question I asked before, but not quite as whimsical. I've reached the end of the lease with the apartment my wife and I live in. It's up as of February 1st and that's perfect, because we'd like to be out by then. The problem is that they're asking for a 60 day written notice and we just gave them notice today. In the last 7 days, Mrs. Bageena's father died and while we were out of town for the funeral, someone broke into our apartment and robbed us.
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posted by Bageena
on Jan 19, 2009 -
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What personal info does my future landlord need from me to make sure I'm legit? How do I make sure he's legit?
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posted by Asymptote
on Jan 15, 2009 -
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My friend and his fiance have a mentally ill woman living below them who is making their lives absolute hell. They live in Massachusetts. Would there be consequences if they break their apartment's lease to leave because of her?
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posted by csimpkins
on Jan 14, 2009 -
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My main gripe are the dirty hallways. I rent a 1BR in a 32-unit apartment building in Brooklyn. The rent is well below market and the location is good, but the building isn't properly looked after. The super and landlord and by-and-large my neighbors just don't care. What's the best approach?
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posted by timnyc
on Jan 14, 2009 -
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I am trying to end my tenancy in a month-to-month lease in Los Angeles, but the landlord says that submitting a 30-day-notice won't absolve me of any future responsibility if my roommate stays in the apartment. Please hope me!
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 1, 2008 -
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Situation: A boyfriend girlfriend sign a lease for an apartment in Mississauga, Ontario. They break up. The girlfriend leaves. The landlord did a credit check on the girlfriend. So this _might_ hold her liable. Boyfriend is still shacked up in this house and landlord keeps harassing the girlfriend for rent. What can she do?
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posted by Devileyezz
on Nov 26, 2008 -
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AnnoyingAptRentalFilter: I've been in the apartment a year longer than my current roommates. We're all on the lease. We get along, but I can't see doing another whole year in this setup...
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posted by iliketolaughalot
on Nov 16, 2008 -
18 answers
How can I generate some income with a 10k sq. ft space, only available three weekdays out of the week?
posted by puddleglum
on Nov 12, 2008 -
19 answers
I have been renting a room in a house for 2 months, but did not receive the lease until a few days ago, and want to know what my rights are. The situation is complicated, see extended explanation.
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posted by noahdubya
on Nov 5, 2008 -
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My roommate wants me to find someone to take her part of the rent, arguing that the people who took over my part of the rent really took over her part. She is threatening to simply not pay. We have one month (Nov) left on the lease. Her name, as well as mine and two other roommates' are on the lease. If she went ahead and didn't pay, how badly would this affect my credit?
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posted by malapropist
on Nov 4, 2008 -
29 answers
Question about "concessions" on standard apartment leases in Austin/Texas.
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posted by cdavis
on Sep 26, 2008 -
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Another roommate gone bad situation. She walked out on a lease, left utilities bills behind, cleaned out the apartment and took a TV and DVR that didn't belong to her. Ugh.
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posted by queue_strategy
on Sep 24, 2008 -
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Finance wiz needed:
Although interest rates do not exist in leases, customers constantly ask what is the interest rate for the lease. I have a question regrading how to calculate the implied interest rate in order to get the most favorable comparison.
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posted by thinktwice
on Sep 8, 2008 -
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Los Angeles Housing Filter: Three names and signatures on our lease. One person wants out, and to substitute another individual in his place. Any experience with who typically needs to consent here? Leaving Person + Landlord? All Tenants + Landlord? Yes, we may need a lawyer, but we're still being civil enough not to call in the big guns, and any advice/resources provided here may be sufficient.
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posted by adamk
on Sep 1, 2008 -
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Should I sign a new year-long lease even though I know I'll be leaving early, or try to get my landlord to agree to a shorter term?
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posted by josh.ev9
on Aug 8, 2008 -
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RoommateConflictFilter: I'm a guy in my mid-20s living in a bachelor pad with two other similarly-aged guys. The two roommates have had a huge falling out (over a girl, naturally) on month two of a twelve-month lease, and after days of constantly talking about it, it seems like the only solution is for one of them to move out. The only thing that we've agreed on is that I'm not going anywhere.
So now what? We're all on the lease, and I want to make sure that nobody gets burnt any worse than has already happened.
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posted by adamk
on Aug 6, 2008 -
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I'm about to sign a lease with a peculiar clause about carpet cleaning. I have had a lot of leases before and I don't recall ever seeing anything quite like this. I'm wondering if it's just a standard thing I haven't seen before, or if it's unusual or even unlawful.
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posted by Cogito
on Jul 23, 2008 -
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I live with my parents, and I'm searching for a place to live for the first time. Somewhere near Cal State Fullerton. A question about credit checks, and how to improve my search.
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posted by malapropist
on Jul 21, 2008 -
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I plan on spending the next few years living in different places for several months to a year at a time. One thought I've had is to get a small trailer RV or something like
this, and rent land to park it on for however long I'm sticking around. Is this possible?
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posted by SampleSize
on Jul 14, 2008 -
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I am about to lease a horse, with a 6-month option to buy. I am leasing him through a trainer who is acting as a go-between to another trainer who is representing the owner. Does this seem convoluted to anybody else...?
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posted by OolooKitty
on Jul 11, 2008 -
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ApartmentFilter: My friend's dog got our of her NYC apartment today, and a neighbor overreacted. Now the neighbor is trying to get her evicted from the building (her lease goes all the way til February). Should she be worried? Can she fight back?
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posted by Hollow
on Jul 11, 2008 -
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I'm in a financial pickle due to a bad choice of roommates two years ago. What are my options?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 10, 2008 -
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