Re: Roommates and lease breaking? Am I understandi

Re: Roommates and lease breaking? Am I understandi by Jake on February 20, 2012 @09:33

"I told them to ride out the entire year, it's their fault to have renewed the lease for another year"

That is the core of it right there. They need to live out the lease. Young people especially, involve themselves in all kinds of financial arrangements that they do not have the money, experience or money to become engaged and do not ask anyone's permission or even advice. Then, when their life gets in a jam from imprudent actions, they put out the alarm expecting everyone else to show up with a referee and bail buckets of money. Sometimes when a person makes bad decisions they just have to live with them. Being simply named as an occupant will not help any of the tenants escape financial liability. If the landlord works with a management company he knows the way to the court house. Your sister and other "occupants" can not get in touch with him because he does not want to referee their lives. But, when they stop paying rent he will pop up in a big way. The sad part is the parents, who are the primary signatories, will take the worst lump. But, the other occupants will have to open their wallets too or have the permanent stamp of eviction on their record. It is going to cost them plenty to break the lease without a judgment and credit problems for the remainder of their lives. Yes, an eviction is a permanent part of their credit record. Wage garnishment is not any fun either.

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Re: Roommates and lease breaking? Am I understandi by Eloise (VA question) on February 20, 2012 @10:19	[ Reply ]

Agree with you 100%. Thanks for helping me keep things under perspective. When she came to me, I told her I'd ask around {aka you guys} and see if there was something that could be done, but the one thing I knew she WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT do was wrong the other girls parents, out of the question. These people tried to do a good thing and were not going to pay for her {and her friend's} mistakes. They are having all kinds of Drama, I don't even think the parents know about all this yet, I told her to just talk to the parents and offer the same things she offered the roommate and then they can all decide {for example continue paying her portion of the rent but not live there, the unstable girl does not want that, she wants the company} so at least it is known that she wants to leave but has every intention to do right by them, I guess. Seems to be the best thing to do if she really is intending on leaving anyway. Live and learn!

Re: Roommates and lease breaking? Am I understandi by Jake on February 20, 2012 @10:55	[ Reply ]

The standard cost for breaking a lease is two month's rent and a hair cut to the deposit. A landlord will accept this because he can not get more in court. It will be pure luck to get out with less. Explain to your sister that room mates seldom live out a lease. And, to never take a boyfriend in. It will always cost money and a lot of trouble.