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Terrible customer service but this seems like something a competent leasing contract should cover, no? The owner should be directly able to pass on these fines
by abritinthebay 9y ago
Terrible customer service but this seems like something a competent leasing contract should cover, no?
The owner should be directly able to pass on these fines to the tenants, assuming they were sensible with the contract.
If not... well, I guess there’s always civil court.
- scarface74 9y agoAlmost all leasing contracts, including the ones you get for free have a no subleasing clause. Even if you win in civil court if they don't pay, your only recourse is to go back to court and try to garnish wages and bank accounts. That takes even more time and money and it's relatively simple to make your assets judgement proof by just "putting everything in your momma's name". If the judgement is too onerous, just file for bankruptcy.
- pjc50 9y agoWhat happened to the legendary importance of the credit score? I'd assume this kind of thing would make it impossible for someone to rent anything larger than a tent ever again.
- scarface74 9y agoYes you can do background checks that include previous eviction cases, but if you throw enough up front money at a landlord who has a mortgage to pay, they will take you. That whole "putting everything in your mom's name" also applied here. You can probably get a cosigner. If you are a couple, one person gets the lease the first time around, the eviction is only in their name and let the other person get it next time.
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