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I swear, the most recent raping is the last time I agree to fiscal
rape.
I signed a lease that lays out pretty clearly that there is no way
out, that you have to sublease the place, and pay $200 to get it
subleased. If the subleasor screws up the apartment, the liability is
still on me, if the subleasor doesn't pay, it's still on me.
This is pretty typical of leases in the area, and is a major reason
why I'm prolly gonna buy a house in about 5 years.
As I'm sure all of you know, a lease is a license to rape agreed upon
by both parties. So, there is no way out of this for me.
I've got 3 months left on the lease, but I've taken a job in another
location. It looks like I've gotta pay unless they actually rerent
the place. However I doubt that the landlord will do anything more
than run a one day ad in the local paper. This is enough for our
elected judges to deem "reasonable".
So, just a warning to renters. You are screwed when you sign a lease
unless you have an anti fiscal rape clause in the lease.
Now, the real question is how likely are thy to come after me for
$1080 of rent? They know I make over $40k a year so I'm certainly a
target for a lawsuit. I'm debating rolling the dice, paying their
$200 sublease fee, handing in the keys, and vanishing. Then, in 6
months, checking my credit report to see if they actually went through
with it. If they did, I guess I'll have to pay if I ever want to buy
a house. If they didn't, I come out ahead.
I figure, they'd have to go small claims (in Louisiana). I'd lose by
default in court cuz I wouldn't show up. If I did show up I'd lose
because the lease is Richard Nixon clear on who is doing the insertion
as far as the raping goes. Then they'd have to try and collect. If
they can tack on $500 of legal fees (attorneys have to feed their BMWs
and Mercedes), it would be a $1500 collection. Someone would buy it
but I doubt they'd garnish it. My experience with collection agencies
has been that they rarely back down on whatever magical number they
come up with.
Another scenario: I give them the keys, a check for $200 (sublease fee
included in the lease), and a note saying that I want them to sublease
the place. If I were to fail to point out my forwarding address
(oops), they could say they didn't have a signed subleasing agreement
and thus couldn't rent the apartment, then actually rent the apartment
AND sue me for my portion of the lease.
Bottom line for renters who (I hope) will find this on
groups.google.com:
Unless you are not suable (you make less than $10k a year), expect to
pay that entire lease. Landlords are typically completly uncaring
about illness, job changes, or unemployment when it comes to a lease.
THey aren't in the business of renting property. They are in the
business of getting leases signed. Just cuz your mom's having
chemotherapy doesn't mean that the lease is null and void. If you get
a $16,000 higher paying job in another city or state, they want their
lease fulfilled.
Me, I'm going to just let them know I've moved and give them the
forwarding address. The owners of the property own about 90% of the
city I live in so I'm sure they have a deal with a collection agency
and naked pictures of all of the local judges. Hence, they'd pooch my
credit. I'll have to pay them anyway when I try to get a loan for a
house. I hear banks don't lend to you if you have anything unpaid on
your credit report.
Don't get raped renting. At least buy a house so you can get raped
with the courtesy of a reach around. If you'd like to be on top
during the raping, get a gooooood job or win the lottery. Then you
can rent or loan money to others.
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