I need help breaking my contract.

[Pikaboo]

Long story short. I'm living in a student house for college and I decided to leave college therefore leaving the house too. I have signed a 11 month contract. I have emailed my landlord telling him that I want to break the contract etc. I have some question to ask but I'm really really confused what he sent me. If anyone here good with this kind of stuff can you give me a PM? I will copy and paste the email he sent me too. Really appreciated. I'm really stressed out here and I need some expert advice
(im 19 and im clueless about this kind of stuff)

 

[SandEagle]

why u dropping out of college?

 

[Pikaboo]

why u dropping out of college?

Family issues.
Can you help?

 

[waggy]

you signed a contract.

what did he say? something like well you still need to pay (unless it has a provision for you to break the contract for a set amount)?

what makes you think you should get out of the contract?

 

[gorcorps]

a contract is a contract

You can try and plead your case but it's his right to ask for the money you've promised him. You can always try and fill the spot yourself by trying to get a friend to move in. Then he won't have to worry about months of no income from the property.

 

[qtnguyen87]

give him a months rent and say deal or no deal

 

[Pikaboo]

you signed a contract.

what did he say? something like well you still need to pay (unless it has a provision for you to break the contract for a set amount)?

what makes you think you should get out of the contract?

Hello Waggy. May I drop you a PM? I'm really stressed out atm. If you don't mind, may you read your PM? (sending pm now)

 

[waggy]

a contract is a contract

You can try and plead your case but it's his right to ask for the money you've promised him. You can always try and fill the spot yourself by trying to get a friend to move in. Then he won't have to worry about months of no income from the property.

He still has to try to limit his damages. such as he needs to try to rent it out. The OP also SHOULD try to find someone to sub-lease or such the apartment.

also wondering why you signed a 11 month lease. that seems odd in itself.

I lived in a college town. all the lease's were either 12 or 9 months. Every one would let you break the lease for a fine.

 

[Pikaboo]

He still has to try to limit his damages. such as he needs to try to rent it out. The OP also SHOULD try to find someone to sub-lease or such the apartment.

also wondering why you signed a 11 month lease. that seems odd in itself.

I lived in a college town. all the lease's were either 12 or 9 months. Every one would let you break the lease for a fine.

Hello waggy. I sent you a PM. :'(

 

[SandEagle]

Family issues.
Can you help?

i'm not a family counselor, sorry.

 

[unokitty]

Long story short. I'm living in a student house for college and I decided to leave college therefore leaving the house too. I have signed a 11 month contract. I have emailed my landlord telling him that I want to break the contract etc. I have some question to ask but I'm really really confused what he sent me. If anyone here good with this kind of stuff can you give me a PM? I will copy and paste the email he sent me too. Really appreciated. I'm really stressed out here and I need some expert advice
(im 19 and im clueless about this kind of stuff)

I'm not knowledgeable about the law, but many universities have an attorney that students can contact. You might want to look at your schools web site or contact someone in the student life department to see if your school offers such a service.

Best of luck,
Uno

 

[Dr. Detroit]

YOU need to post up some ads looking for someone to take over your lease - they will need to qualify and submit an application to your landlord.

 

[videogames101]

sublease that shit

 

[holden j caufield]

sublease, hey maybe in the middle of the year you may even arbitrage and make some money. Also pay the fine to get out of it is always an option but I was so damn poor in college I don't think that's an option for a lot of college kids.

 

[boomhower]

Another vote for sublease. Seems the best solution. It's a contract, without an out clause your on the hook for the full amount. Don't fulfill it and it can make your life and credit trashed. If you get a judgement from a civil suite you can kiss your credit goodbye for years before anyone will touch you.

 

[Rakehellion]

Long story short. I'm living in a student house for college and I decided to leave college therefore leaving the house too. I have signed a 11 month contract. I have emailed my landlord telling him that I want to break the contract etc. I have some question to ask but I'm really really confused what he sent me. If anyone here good with this kind of stuff can you give me a PM? I will copy and paste the email he sent me too. Really appreciated. I'm really stressed out here and I need some expert advice
(im 19 and im clueless about this kind of stuff)

Find someone else to fill the room. Problem solved.

 

[Humpy]

What worked for me was to just gather my stuff and disappear. Catch me if you can motherfucker! You'll probably get a few strongly worded letters in the mail eventually but you can just toss those out.

Sometimes you have to accept a small problem to go solve a big one.

 

[who?]

Does the landlord have your SSN so he can report you to the credit reporting agencies?

 

[MichaelD]

a contract is a contract

You can try and plead your case but it's his right to ask for the money you've promised him. You can always try and fill the spot yourself by trying to get a friend to move in. Then he won't have to worry about months of no income from the property.

This is what will happen. Landlord in a college town...my dream. Silly young people and their stupid parents that cosign leases/loans for them...a guaranteed cash cow. I hope you have to pay back every penny of the lease that your cosigner(s) will have to front for you. Any property owner with 1/2 of 1/2 of a brain will require a SS Card and a DL as proof of ID for anyone renting. I'm sure yours did; he/she knows exactly who you are. If you skip out you'll wind up owning 3X the current rent, b/c any damages that the remaining tenants cause WILL be billed to you. Why? B/C you skipped out, therefore you are the PERFECT legal scapegoat. You will be blamed for everything, including the missing washing machine and the damages caused by the 13 Roman Candles that were lit in the living room.

Good luck with that!

 

[Fenixgoon]

try and find a sublet?

 

[Phoenix86]

1. Subleasing (reselling your lease to someone else) is a good option but may not be available, it's illegal in some places.

2. In your lease there's a section regarding breaking the contract or early termination. Post that section, usually just a paragraph or two. It shouldn't have any personal information in there and if so black it out. Post it here, otherwise people can't give meaningful information. Post what city/state your lease is in too if you want, that way people can give links to local laws.

 

[railer]

This is what will happen. Landlord in a college town...my dream. Silly young people and their stupid parents that cosign leases/loans for them...a guaranteed cash cow. I hope you have to pay back every penny of the lease that your cosigner(s) will have to front for you. Any property owner with 1/2 of 1/2 of a brain will require a SS Card and a DL as proof of ID for anyone renting. I'm sure yours did; he/she knows exactly who you are. If you skip out you'll wind up owning 3X the current rent, b/c any damages that the remaining tenants cause WILL be billed to you. Why? B/C you skipped out, therefore you are the PERFECT legal scapegoat. You will be blamed for everything, including the missing washing machine and the damages caused by the 13 Roman Candles that were lit in the living room.

Good luck with that!

I'm continually surprised at the useless, and at times, borderline hateful "advice" that is given on this forum.
Listen - your landlord knows that you have the option to just leave in the middle of the night, and pay him nothing. Yeah, he try and sue you, but that's a huge PITA for him, and as you are likely a broke-ass college student, the likelihood of him getting anything useful out of you is small. He knows this.
What's best for him, is for you to pay a fee to break the contract, probably a 2-3 months rent. That way he gets something out of you, and he also has the opportunity to rent the apt. to someone else, and make even more money.
That's best for you too, as you don't have to worry about being hounded for the next 10 years over something trivial that happened to you when you were 19.
Hopefully that was the gist of the offer in his e-mail.
Good luck.

 

[gorcorps]

Before this thread spins into an argument, I'd like to say that I've been discussing this with the OP via PM and they agreed on an early termination fee.

I recommend thread be locked since problem is solved and it looks like the discussion is heading downhill.

 

[boomhower]

This is what will happen. Landlord in a college town...my dream. Silly young people and their stupid parents that cosign leases/loans for them...a guaranteed cash cow. I hope you have to pay back every penny of the lease that your cosigner(s) will have to front for you. Any property owner with 1/2 of 1/2 of a brain will require a SS Card and a DL as proof of ID for anyone renting. I'm sure yours did; he/she knows exactly who you are. If you skip out you'll wind up owning 3X the current rent, b/c any damages that the remaining tenants cause WILL be billed to you. Why? B/C you skipped out, therefore you are the PERFECT legal scapegoat. You will be blamed for everything, including the missing washing machine and the damages caused by the 13 Roman Candles that were lit in the living room.

Good luck with that!

Actually seen that happened. One year in college rented a house with four other guys. A couple of them didn't pay all of their rent and the landlord sued the lot of us. I provided proof I paid my portion an was taken off. The rest got a judgement for what they owed plus all damages, late fees, court fees, etc.

 

[kranky]

Before this thread spins into an argument, I'd like to say that I've been discussing this with the OP via PM and they agreed on an early termination fee.

I recommend thread be locked since problem is solved and it looks like the discussion is heading downhill.

Good job helping out the OP and also to any others who assisted.