is there any way to get out of a lease?
07-04-2012 at 08:38 AM
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is there any way to get out of a lease?
Is there any way to get out of a lease?
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07-04-2012 at 08:42 AM
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A signed agreement is valid for the amount of months that you agreed for.
Best way to get out of the lease, would be to find someone to take take it over.
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07-04-2012 at 09:04 AM
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yeah kinda cant get out of a legal document that you knowingly signed...
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07-04-2012 at 10:29 AM
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Find a loop hole!
Or yeah mostly get someone to take over or sublet from you.
Or pay for an empty room like me!
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07-04-2012 at 10:29 AM
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yeah kinda cant get out of a legal document that you knowingly signed...
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What about all those legal documents I unknowingly signed?
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07-04-2012 at 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Melanieee
What about all those legal documents I unknowingly signed?
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is this a joke? then it's funny
if it's not...something's fishy
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07-04-2012 at 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Melanieee
What about all those legal documents I unknowingly signed?
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If you signed something without reading it through, then its your fault and your going to be paying for it. |
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07-04-2012 at 11:51 AM
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Yes and no. No in the sense you are legally binded to it. Yes if you can find someone to take over it or settle an agreement.
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07-04-2012 at 11:55 AM
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If it's before the lease started, your landlord may be amenable to it. If it's something like "financial difficulties", have a conversation with them. More than "a tenant", they want "a tenant who will pay rent and not wreck the place". So if they can replace you fast enough, they may.
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07-04-2012 at 12:58 PM
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Also, if the landlord goes against anything agreed upon on the lease I'm sure you can do something about that and probably even void the lease. You can talk to off campus service thing on campus in the student centre. I'm not sure if they're open in the summer but you can try.
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07-04-2012 at 04:07 PM
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Yeah, it depends on your reasons.
If the landlord isn't holding up his/her end of the lease, then you might have legal grounds to terminate it.
If it's just because your plans changed and you will no longer be living there, you can try talking to your landlord to see if you can come to an agreement, but they are well within their rights to say no. If that's the case, then it's up to you to find someone to take over the lease.
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07-04-2012 at 10:06 PM
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I can pass along information about someone who wants to sublet for Sept-Dec if you can't get out of your lease after all  |
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07-04-2012 at 10:51 PM
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Anything is possible if you are dedicated & cunning. It depends how bad you want this and how much time you would devote into it.
However, there is no MSAF-Opt Out Lease Form, sorry.
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07-06-2012 at 08:15 PM
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1. Don't pay the rent
2. Be forced to vacate the premises within 72 hours
3. ????
4. PROFIT!
Sure, you will mess up your credit/probably never be able to rent a nice place again, but you're out!
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07-06-2012 at 08:22 PM
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@james that doesn't fully work cause usually there is a cosigner and they will take funds from them. Plus it is a legal obligation
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