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August 24, 2009 at 10:47 PM #449296August 25, 2009 at 12:06 AM #448568
urbanrealtor
Participant[quote=Effective Demand][quote=WestCoastNole]NOTE – The property has been rented out already ( we have been keeping tabs – the moving truck showed up on August 10th ) . . .[/quote]
Well that certainly limits your downside.[/quote]
No shit.
Ask for the money (in writing).
Refer him to this site:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/index.shtmlThen go spend some time with the small claims division at the courthouse on Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
The legal advice desk is very helpful and they actually seem to enjoy their job.
August 25, 2009 at 12:06 AM #448761Participant[quote=Effective Demand][quote=WestCoastNole]NOTE – The property has been rented out already ( we have been keeping tabs – the moving truck showed up on August 10th ) . . .[/quote]
Well that certainly limits your downside.[/quote]
No shit.
Ask for the money (in writing).
Refer him to this site:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/index.shtmlThen go spend some time with the small claims division at the courthouse on Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
The legal advice desk is very helpful and they actually seem to enjoy their job.
August 25, 2009 at 12:06 AM #449100Participant[quote=Effective Demand][quote=WestCoastNole]NOTE – The property has been rented out already ( we have been keeping tabs – the moving truck showed up on August 10th ) . . .[/quote]
Well that certainly limits your downside.[/quote]
No shit.
Ask for the money (in writing).
Refer him to this site:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/index.shtmlThen go spend some time with the small claims division at the courthouse on Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
The legal advice desk is very helpful and they actually seem to enjoy their job.
August 25, 2009 at 12:06 AM #449170Participant[quote=Effective Demand][quote=WestCoastNole]NOTE – The property has been rented out already ( we have been keeping tabs – the moving truck showed up on August 10th ) . . .[/quote]
Well that certainly limits your downside.[/quote]
No shit.
Ask for the money (in writing).
Refer him to this site:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/index.shtmlThen go spend some time with the small claims division at the courthouse on Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
The legal advice desk is very helpful and they actually seem to enjoy their job.
August 25, 2009 at 12:06 AM #449356Participant[quote=Effective Demand][quote=WestCoastNole]NOTE – The property has been rented out already ( we have been keeping tabs – the moving truck showed up on August 10th ) . . .[/quote]
Well that certainly limits your downside.[/quote]
No shit.
Ask for the money (in writing).
Refer him to this site:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/index.shtmlThen go spend some time with the small claims division at the courthouse on Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
The legal advice desk is very helpful and they actually seem to enjoy their job.
August 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM #448627sobmaz
ParticipantIt is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE. You stated “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.””””””””””””””””””””””
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
Wear and tear is not considered damage unless it is excessive. If you are familiar with the small claims process it wouldn’t hurt to pursue it. However, lets say there was damage before you moved in. An example would be a red glass ring on the white cultured marble in the bathroom. Did you document that red ring before you moved in? It would be your word against his unless you wrote down every bit of preexisting damage on the move in report.
August 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM #448820ParticipantIt is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE. You stated “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.””””””””””””””””””””””
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
Wear and tear is not considered damage unless it is excessive. If you are familiar with the small claims process it wouldn’t hurt to pursue it. However, lets say there was damage before you moved in. An example would be a red glass ring on the white cultured marble in the bathroom. Did you document that red ring before you moved in? It would be your word against his unless you wrote down every bit of preexisting damage on the move in report.
August 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM #449159ParticipantIt is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE. You stated “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.””””””””””””””””””””””
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
Wear and tear is not considered damage unless it is excessive. If you are familiar with the small claims process it wouldn’t hurt to pursue it. However, lets say there was damage before you moved in. An example would be a red glass ring on the white cultured marble in the bathroom. Did you document that red ring before you moved in? It would be your word against his unless you wrote down every bit of preexisting damage on the move in report.
August 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM #449230ParticipantIt is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE. You stated “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.””””””””””””””””””””””
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
Wear and tear is not considered damage unless it is excessive. If you are familiar with the small claims process it wouldn’t hurt to pursue it. However, lets say there was damage before you moved in. An example would be a red glass ring on the white cultured marble in the bathroom. Did you document that red ring before you moved in? It would be your word against his unless you wrote down every bit of preexisting damage on the move in report.
August 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM #449416ParticipantIt is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE. You stated “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.””””””””””””””””””””””
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
Wear and tear is not considered damage unless it is excessive. If you are familiar with the small claims process it wouldn’t hurt to pursue it. However, lets say there was damage before you moved in. An example would be a red glass ring on the white cultured marble in the bathroom. Did you document that red ring before you moved in? It would be your word against his unless you wrote down every bit of preexisting damage on the move in report.
August 25, 2009 at 8:02 AM #448648Effective Demand
Participant[quote=sobmaz]
It is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE
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Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
[/quote]I think you are reading the below clause incorrectly. You are taking it to mean you can terminate the lease with 30 days notice, that is not what it says.
[quote=sobmaz]Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.
[/quote]If that is a direct quote from his lease and he states “Back in May we signed a Lease extension through June of next year”, then he did break his lease. I think you are reading the above clause incorrectly.
Then all the above clause spells out is how you would go about terminating the lease at the END of the lease or any extension of the lease. Basically you are going Month to Month at the end of the lease until you give or get 30 days notice to terminate.
August 25, 2009 at 8:02 AM #448840Participant[quote=sobmaz]
It is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE
…
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
[/quote]I think you are reading the below clause incorrectly. You are taking it to mean you can terminate the lease with 30 days notice, that is not what it says.
[quote=sobmaz]Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.
[/quote]If that is a direct quote from his lease and he states “Back in May we signed a Lease extension through June of next year”, then he did break his lease. I think you are reading the above clause incorrectly.
Then all the above clause spells out is how you would go about terminating the lease at the END of the lease or any extension of the lease. Basically you are going Month to Month at the end of the lease until you give or get 30 days notice to terminate.
August 25, 2009 at 8:02 AM #449179Participant[quote=sobmaz]
It is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE
…
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
[/quote]I think you are reading the below clause incorrectly. You are taking it to mean you can terminate the lease with 30 days notice, that is not what it says.
[quote=sobmaz]Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.
[/quote]If that is a direct quote from his lease and he states “Back in May we signed a Lease extension through June of next year”, then he did break his lease. I think you are reading the above clause incorrectly.
Then all the above clause spells out is how you would go about terminating the lease at the END of the lease or any extension of the lease. Basically you are going Month to Month at the end of the lease until you give or get 30 days notice to terminate.
August 25, 2009 at 8:02 AM #449250Participant[quote=sobmaz]
It is amazing to me that you clearly state you DID NOT BREAK THE LEASE
…
Yet…..you have so many saying “you broke a lease, be happy they don’t get you for more” or something to that effect.
[/quote]I think you are reading the below clause incorrectly. You are taking it to mean you can terminate the lease with 30 days notice, that is not what it says.
[quote=sobmaz]Either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this lease at the expiration of said Lease or any extension thereof by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice prior to the due date.
[/quote]If that is a direct quote from his lease and he states “Back in May we signed a Lease extension through June of next year”, then he did break his lease. I think you are reading the above clause incorrectly.
Then all the above clause spells out is how you would go about terminating the lease at the END of the lease or any extension of the lease. Basically you are going Month to Month at the end of the lease until you give or get 30 days notice to terminate.
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