Few tricky things listed below happened ...
Few tricky things listed below happened to me when I decided to break my lease because I bought a house.. - Never choose to keep paying rent until the apartment is rented out.. They won’t rent it for you.. or they may shift online applicant to other units.. despite seeing their low inventory (avg 1-4 available units in the whole community) and high turn around among other units.. my unit was not never rented for 4 months.. three tenants applied, but they rejected all of them or shifted them to other units.. Once my lease ended, the apartment is rented on the next day and removed from online portal.
- Verbal trick: they tell you if you provide a notice to vacate and turn back the key in less than a month, you pay a minimum of one month of rent starting from the notice date which was fine with me.. In reality, they charge you an amount equal to one month of rent as a FEE IN ADDITION to the rent amount (you pay double rent). they also has a paragraph in the lease which says verbal discussion/agreement is not binding..
- They listed the early move out paragraphs in the lease agreement in 3-4 different location apart from each other, so you never understand them together.. once you speak to them, they trick you as above..
I suggested to them the below to be more transparent with tenants;
- Combine the early move out fees in one paragraph in the lease..
- Exercise a good faith in attempt to rent the vacant apartments.
- If they want to charge for insufficient notice fee, to write that clearly on the notice to vacate, use a fixed amount instead of tricking people with the word “rent” and not to use verbal tricks..
Usually You know your landlord when you leave your apartment.. as long as keep paying, they are happy