natorgator
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This is our first place. we had some money saved up so we were able to put 10 months down on a $1200 place. the landlord came up with a payment system to pay off those last 2 months so we didnt have to scramble for the 1200 a month when the time came. his calculated plan was the first two months free then $240 every month after, to multiply to the $2400 we owe. the $240 plan is not stated anywhere in our lease, the only place that $240 is stated anywhere is on the front page of ONE of the leases, in pen, as a reminder to us when we first got the place .
We had been in the place for a couple months and were making the $240 payments, not a big deal, then christmas time came and things were tight so we were late for our Jan bill. To us, it was not a big deal because, hello, he has 10 months of our rent. However, he called us a few days after it was due and was screaming at us that we owed it to him and he started tagging on late fees and acting like it was the end of the world for this $240. We ended up bringing the money to him, late fees included, just to avoid a headache.
However, when we got there, the drama refused to end, he started waving the lease in mine and my fiance's face and telling us that he doesnt have to deal with this nonsense and now we owe the whole balance next month, which was $1680. We had not heard from him since then, it has been a month, and now the rent is due. After last month and the whole fiasco we decided we are not paying in these installments because it is not practical to us anymore, we will pay the last two month when they come. We recently got "letters to cease" from him in the mail, stating that if we do not pay him the rent, we will be evicted. this is absolutely ridiculous to me because of all of the money that he has of ours. We know that logically and fairly, he has no case and is being absolutely foolish in making a big deal about this little bit of money that is left to be paid, which is technically not even owed till the last two months of our lease, but we would like to know any legal loop hole that he might be in or if there is in fact any way he can evict us or even make a case that we owe him anything right now. ???
We had been in the place for a couple months and were making the $240 payments, not a big deal, then christmas time came and things were tight so we were late for our Jan bill. To us, it was not a big deal because, hello, he has 10 months of our rent. However, he called us a few days after it was due and was screaming at us that we owed it to him and he started tagging on late fees and acting like it was the end of the world for this $240. We ended up bringing the money to him, late fees included, just to avoid a headache.
However, when we got there, the drama refused to end, he started waving the lease in mine and my fiance's face and telling us that he doesnt have to deal with this nonsense and now we owe the whole balance next month, which was $1680. We had not heard from him since then, it has been a month, and now the rent is due. After last month and the whole fiasco we decided we are not paying in these installments because it is not practical to us anymore, we will pay the last two month when they come. We recently got "letters to cease" from him in the mail, stating that if we do not pay him the rent, we will be evicted. this is absolutely ridiculous to me because of all of the money that he has of ours. We know that logically and fairly, he has no case and is being absolutely foolish in making a big deal about this little bit of money that is left to be paid, which is technically not even owed till the last two months of our lease, but we would like to know any legal loop hole that he might be in or if there is in fact any way he can evict us or even make a case that we owe him anything right now. ???
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