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Early Lease Termination & Lease Wording A friend of mine is trying to get out…

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Early Lease Termination & Lease Wording
A friend of mine is trying to get out of
her 14 month lease early. While
there is no provision under a heading
like ”Early Termination”, the wording
in another section has me wondering
if perhaps there’s a loophole allowing
her to terminate the lease:

Renewal Term: 6. It is the intent of
both parties that this lease is for a
period of 14 months. Should this
lease be breached by the Resident,
both the last month’s and the
indemnification deposit shall be
forfeited as liquidated damages and
the Resident will owe rent through
the last day of occupancy.

The word that has me wondering
here is ”occupancy.” If she breaches
the contract by moving out, but pays
the landlord the last month’s rent,
can she get out of the lease without
paying the remainder of the rent on
the lease?

Improper keeping of Deposit/Indemnity Charge When I was moving out of my…

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Improper keeping of Deposit/Indemnity Charge
When I was moving out of my apartment, the Property Manager, who did the walk-through, said that a few spots on the carpet might not be able to be cleaned and the carpet might need to be replaced. The carpet was cleanable, and I said that if the company that they used was not able to clean it, for which I knew I would have been charged, that she was to call me (I gave her a cell phone on which I am available 24 hrs a day) and I would use my remaining 8 days of the lease to have the carpet cleaned, to which I have a witness to. The only reason I wouldn’t have received a call was if everything was ok.

Receiving no call, I was planning on receiving my deposit check sometime the following month. I received instead a bill for the pro-rated carpet replacement minus my security deposit and over 100 dollars of overages paid to the account.

I am refusing to pay, because I was not given the opportunity to clean the carpet during the time I was paying for the apartment and I did not receive any notification of the carpet replacement. I do not want it to go to collection, so what are my options?

hold harmless I will be soon renting a house from a person I have known for…

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hold harmless
I will be soon renting a house from a person I have known for many years. Next to the house is a large old empty barn and several smaller outbuildings.We are not renting the barns, however, I have 2 sons who will be in the barns for play, with the landlords permission. I would like to know what kind of agreement we can use to protect landlord from suit if an accident were to happen.
Thank You

Breach of contract I recently broke a lease after giving my landlord more than…

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Breach of contract
I recently broke a lease after giving my landlord more than 30 days verbal notice and thought everything was square. After reviewing the lease i thought i would not have to pay anything:
TERM 7. It is the intent of both parties that this lease is for a period of 12 months and that the last month’s rent will apply only to the last month of the lease period. Should this lease be breached by the Resident, both the last month’s rent and the indemnification/pet deposit shall be forfeited as liquidated damages and the Resident will owe rent through the last day of occupancy.

I have no problems forfeiting the deposit and i have payed through my last day of occupancy which was march 1st. He is now trying to get one more months rent and is still trying to make me pay for some damages to the property in which I know dont exceed the deposit. am i misinterpreting the lease? do i have to pay more money?