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VirtueOfIntolerance | Christians (and others too) please help me decrypt what my landlord is saying? |
Ok, I need to break my lease because I bought a house, so I asked him if he would accept a half month's rent and keep the deposit in exchange for letting me out of the lease. I got this spiritual response from him:
"You must do what is right by your conscience. We already have an agreement in writing. You are a fine and honorable Christian man with a lovely family. I trust you will treat me right. We each must account for our actions to a higher power.
In the heart of the God we both serve.
I am your brother in Christ."
I'm thinking DUDE, this is BUSINESS, let's not get emotional. There's no way I'm paying for the entire lease. He said earlier that he would "work with me". That doesn't sound to me like he is willing to work with me. it sounds like he's trying to put a guilt trip on me.
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By the way, the landlord is trying to do a short sale right now and so if he sells the house it's ok for him to break the lease by selling the house from under me but it's not ok for me to break the lease? wow, where's the kindess and mercy?
Cheesecakeluvr... thanks, I agree, I made him a fair offer, I'm not asking for free rent, but I think he is being very legalistic. |
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Lulu
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Ultimately you are backing out of a legal contract for your own convenience. You are not thinking about how it affects the landlord at all. Try to talk to him to make a deal, maybe you can find another tenant to live out rest of lease. Good luck. |
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lorijotx
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You know what he is saying. You know you are responsible for the debt (which you posted about yesterday I might add) and he is telling you he knows you know.
Besides being "business" this is about your character and if you are honorable in keeping your promises (the signed lease).
Give the man his money. |
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pinhed_1976
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a lease is a lease. if you break it, you're breaking the law. you knew that when you signed it. unless there's some by-law in it saying ''if you happen to buy a house while under this lease, it negates the terms of this lease'' |
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hamsterbabies
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Yes, that is cryptic. (I am a Christian) It sounds like he is trying to guilt trip you and keep you to your lease. He believes you breaking the agreement will not be up to him to judge.. but to God.
So in order to "break" the lease you can move out all of your things and let him keep the deposit and not pay rent. Yes, he could possibly go after you legally for not paying rent - but 1, he has your deposit, and 2, it would cost him more to hire a lawyer than to go after you for rent/your lease. |
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Glynis
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Bottom line whether you want to consider it a guilt trip or not, if you are a Christian you know that the word of God says, let your yes be yes(es) and your no be no(s). In other words honor your word to abide by the lease. When you were looking for a home, you knew that you were going to break your lease, you could have waited until your lease was near the end but you didn't. He is asking you as a man of God to honor your word. Passive or not, he is taking the high road and not being confrontational.
Of course he wants his money, of course he wants you to honor your word. If you where in his shoes, how would you feel? Would you think it would be right for a tenant to not honor his word and business contract?
I don't think he is being emotional, he is yielding to allow Christ to work upon you and what He (Christ) wants you to do, which is to pay up!!!
Bottom line talk to God and not Yahoo answers to get an understanding of what is the right thing to do. If you talk to God, you should listen as well. |
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Love em or hate em
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ask him again about it again, be more firm about the issue. you cant always mix religion with business. |
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Wouldn't You Like To Know...
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Do you have a copy of the lease? What do it say about early termination? If there is nothing in writing I don't think there is much he can do. If he wanted he could take you to court, but with nothing in writing I don't think his case will stand much water. Breaking a lease is never the best thing to do, but I think you're offering him something instead of just up and leaving (as many would do) shows you are trying to treat him right. You are attempting to make the best of the situation and he's not trying to hear it. |
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Niente
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Did you have a written agreement with him when you started renting, as to what would happen if you broke the lease?
What he is saying does not make sense.
You should ask an attorney what the penalties are for breaking a lease.
If it is in writing.....you might be out of luck, if he does not want to help you.
Pray that God will change his mind and help you out.
Wish you the best in your new house. |
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honeybuns1
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He is trying to lay a guilt trip on you and try to make you feel guilty enough to pay the whole lease. Give him the half and move on. If he is a true Christian he will be fine with it and also move on. |
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Micki
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If allowed, find someone to sublet your apartment and make sure it's a good tennant.
If there is any clause in your lease, try to use it but basically, you are out of luck. A contract is a contract. |
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Snuffles
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Actually it sounds like he is telling you that he trusts you as a man and a Christian. The part about 'accounting for our actions' - this man may have been screwed over by tenants in the past, so try not to take too personally what he said. If your intentions are simply what you say they are - to break you lease so you can move, and you have every intention of paying your soon-to-be former landlord, than I wouldn't worry so much about it. |
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Kathryn
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Tell him you are doing what's right by your conscience by trying to work out an agreement with him.
Technically, you're responsible for any rent between the time you leave and the time he re-rents the apartment. But he has to try diligently to re-rent the apartment (he can't just do nothing and take rent from you for months). |
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cheesecakeluvr
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TOTAL GUILT TRIP and how Christian is it to use God to make someone feel bad. Tell him you prayed about it and God thinks you need the addtional money for the move and as his Christian brother you know he would be okay with that. |
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AnswerGirl
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VirtueOfIntolerance, he's human and it sounds like he's trying to give you a chance to do the right thing since you told him that you're breaking your lease! And next step could be court... you could come back, apologize to him, ask him what his policy is for breaking a lease, let him tell you (IN WRITING), wait for his response, abide by his policy or negotiate with him from there (IN WRITING). Otherwise, just walking out is not an option -- even though it's tempting. You made a legal agreement that needs to be dissolved in the right way. Like someone else said, see if you can sublet it. Options like that have to be considered, even though you probably have your hands full with your house (congratulations!), you unfortunately/fortunately have two residences... |
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brandonandbobbie
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first, if he sells the house and you still have a lease, and he breaks it...you could take him to court. he cant do that unless he gives notice (laws differ by state)
i think there are ways to get out of a lease/rental agreement when you purchase a home. if i knew what state you were in i could be a lil more help.
what about subleting? you rent it out to someone else?
look up landlord tenant lws for your state.
hope you get out of it. sounds like hes giving you the guilt trip. |
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Fe
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total guilt trip, do what is best for you |
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e
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ew that is a little creepy. one of those crazy religionists. |
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SimpleGirl
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He is putting a guilt trip on you, and being passive aggressive, which I hate!!
Tell him to cut it out, and just come to an agreement, or figure out what your legal obligation is. |
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