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What is the name of your state? Florida My friend, Sarah, lent her car to her mom. The car was rear-ended while her mom was driving. The driver is uninsured. Sarah and her mom have separate insurance, but through the same company. They also have the same residence address. Sarah filed a claim...

I vote for giving notice. They will probably call you in to the office anyway. :D

how did you pay your rent? cash or check?

i don't know if this applies to leases, but certain types of contracts are severable, whereby if one clause of the contract is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, then the rest of the contract is still valid.

i couldn't find a similar page for ohio, but here's one for california: http://www.ochousing.org/qualifications.htm

on further examination, i would have to agree with queenie. anybody know is a lease agreement is severable?

Hey, you're the one who signed the lease making you and your roommate solely responsible for the utilities. So now YOU have the option to take him to small claims court over the cost of the utilities, plus associated court costs. (hint hint) Depends. If your lease or community rules had...

just for future reference, the place i just moved in to will not hand over the keys unless you arrange with the electric company to turn on the electric the day before you are scheduled to move in. there's a clause in the lease that allows them to cancel or change the start date if tenant...

the clause means if someone gets hurt or your prperty gets damaged while on the LL's property, you agree to not hold the LL responsible. it DOES NOT mean that the LL does not have to maintain the property in accordance with the law.

tcpoliti: If you don't know how investing works, you shouldn't be doing your own investing. Go find yourself a broker.

ask the LL about moving in to another unit in the same community, or if the LL owns multiple properties, ask about vacancies at other properties. if you pick one of those other units, they may waive your application fee.

do you have a written lease? if so, what does it say about notice to terminate your lease?

ask the furniture company if they will delay their shipment. they'd probably rather delay than have you cancel the order.

and about that deposit thing. if the lease states that each of you is independently responsible for one-third of the deposit, then the LL will not pay you the deposit back when you leave; they will pay it to the roomie that left.

Was the leased signed by both you and the LL? Do you have a copy? Please type that entire clause the LL added to the lease. I think that's a good starting point. :)