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I can’t really explain why (there’s no L!) but the name struck me the same way for some reason.
Occupry your next lease to negotiate a better deal
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
But I dont want double in 3 years. I want what I'm owed today.
In reality, something like this wouldn't take you 3 years. However, I can't fault you for not wanting to go into court pro se; it's not a good position to be in. Interestingly, in some jurisdictions, provisions like these also carry attorney's fees to the prevailing tenant (i.e., asymmetric fee-shifting). So your landlord would be facing exposure to not only the underlying deposit and penalty and their own attorney's…
It takes for-fucking-ever every place I've lived.
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#83This is just adorable. To think that prospective renters have any negotiating power at all when the landlord typically (in my area anyway) receives triple digit numbers of applications.
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#84This is great. In my experience the single biggest thing that allows landlords to take advantage of tenants is the inaccessibility of real estate law. Anything that makes contract terms more easily understandable is a win, as far as I’m concerned. Linking to a comment I made about dealing with this: …one time a landlord didn't return the security deposit. I called him, messaged him, left notes in his mailbox. No repl…
Huh???? do the tiny amount of paperwork and get the double, he won't learn until he feels the pain, you are not helping anyone with this choice
I was twenty-something and in college, and just wanted my $300 back. I really didn't want to get involved with the courts.
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#85No information about who owns this company. Given that it is very likely run by, in effect, landlords, I would be extremely suspicious of any advice it would give me as a tenant.
>Given that it is very likely run by, in effect, landlords Why?
Can you imagine a large investor who isn't, to some extent, invested in real estate?
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#86No information about who owns this company. Given that it is very likely run by, in effect, landlords, I would be extremely suspicious of any advice it would give me as a tenant.
> Given that it is very likely run by, in effect, landlords You’re correct in being sceptical of services that ask you to upload sensitive documents. But the specific allegation seems unsubstantiated in this case. You pay for the product. The privacy policy and terms of use are readable and reasonable. And they both have someone’s contact information at the bottom. No obvious red flags.
But you have no idea of the prompt. The money will ultimately go to people who are almost certainly invested in real estate. I make no allegations, but I would not ask any landlord for advice on which terms of my contract to negotiate/flag as illegal.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Contracts aren't for things are going smooth. They're for when things go wrong. What if a tenant is constantly late on their payments? What if they're excessively noisy? What if they claim you're not fixing things on time?
In a lot of places this is so heavily regulated the rental contracts are more of a record of the tenancy and rent than actually meaning anything for the agreement.
I couldn't find the advantage of using leases and it's pretty straightforward to rent month to month.
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#88Why is this flagged?
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#89Re: Occupry your next lease to negotiate a better deal
#90This is great. In my experience the single biggest thing that allows landlords to take advantage of tenants is the inaccessibility of real estate law. Anything that makes contract terms more easily understandable is a win, as far as I’m concerned. Linking to a comment I made about dealing with this: …one time a landlord didn't return the security deposit. I called him, messaged him, left notes in his mailbox. No repl…
A late response to this, but my friend was having problems getting her deposit back and I did exactly this (with help from GPT to find the statute) and had her text it to the landlord. 5 mins later the deposit was in her Cash App.