Questions tagged [breaking-the-lease]
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Landlord has broken lease agreement and not refunding the money [closed]
I signed a lease agreement for an apartment in Mississauga that is starting from 1st of May 2024. I paid the first and last month deposit directly to the landlord account. Yesterday the landlord sent ...
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Seller Financing a Car and repos
Let's say someone wants to sell a car to an individual via seller financing.. The individual puts down 1,000$ and finances the other $3,000.. and agrees on monthly payments of 200$ the seller becomes ...
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Are statutory notices seeking possession required to enforce intra-term “break clauses”?
Some assured shorthold tenancies commonly feature “break clauses” that are sometimes asymmetrically available only to the tenant to provide extra flexibility to them, while others are made ...
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Currently without a lease, the lease my landlord sent me has 2 distinct errors [closed]
Can I cross things out and fix those 2 errors, and send him a signed lease with my edits, or should I wait for him to fix the errors himself. I told my landlord about the 2 errors and we're currently ...
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My lease agreement has a typo that changes the intended meaning
I'm in New York. I share this lease with a roommate who is also on the lease but is leaving a month after I am. Our lease that states "After the initial term of this Agreement, or in case of a ...
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Lease signed before I’m fully approved, do I have a case to get out of the lease?
I signed a lease a few months ago and someone from the apartment signed it as well. The move in day is in august. Now, they are saying that my lease is not “fully approved” and I can’t move in until ...
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Giving flat to roommate and vacating apartment?
I rented an apartment in California whose lease ends in 12 months.
Now I got a job in another state and have to leave.
Instead of paying lease break charges, I wanted to add a new person as roommate ...
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International student on a scholarship terminating early - lease break problems [closed]
So, I will be leaving 3 months earlier than planned, and I have teied to break my lease with the student housing complex agent, but had no luck. I left a deposit, so one month would be covered, but ...
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Is a 2-year lease renewal agreement agreed to via text but without a signed extension contract legally binding in California?
I renewed a 2-year lease agreement under existing terms as requested by my tenant via text. Unfortunately, I did not email the renewal extension and the tenant is now vacating the apartment early. ...
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California: Is there a grace period when signing an apartment lease?
Let's say you sign a lease and move into the apartment and the 1st or 2nd night you discover there is a dance club next door that runs loud music until 2am.
Is there any law that requires the landlord ...
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Can you break a lease because the landlord refuses to evict another tenant who physically threatens the leaseholder?
Suppose a tenant has a neighbor who has taken it upon themselves to verbally threaten and harass said tenant.
Due to the inherent risk of engaging with the neighbor, the tenant contacts their landlord ...
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Will breaking a lease damage my credit score? [closed]
I have to break my lease to move out of state. The landlord is telling me I will damage my credit and will not be able to rent another apartment for approx 7 years. Is this true?
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Does Early Lease Termination go on Record if all debts are paid?
I am in an unfortunate situation where I may need to terminate a residential lease early. The lease has an Early Termination Clause which is about two months worth of rent + loss of security deposit, ...
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How to break lease when neighbors violate lease (smoking)? (Illinois)
To live in my building, we all signed an agreement saying there is no smoking allowed. Well someone has been smoking on my floor. There has been 4 notices from management to all people living on the ...
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Clarifying Escape Clause for Rental Agreement
I've recently moved into an apartment in LA, and I'm on the lease with two other co-tenants. For a variety of reasons, I'm planning on moving out (it's a long story), even though all three of us ...
