help with rental agreement

younghoss
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:03:58 +0000

somemom is right about that last part. i should have mentioned it. A judgment against someone is public record, and (usually) reported to the credit bureaus directly by the court. That is how it is done in our county. In fact, in our county the court also sends a copy of the judgment to our local newspaper and it is soon printed for all the readers to see. If the girls were to lose a judgment, then in the future, when a potential landlord, lender, or employer(yes more and more employers do that now) looked up her credit stats then it would appear she’s a deadbeat and that could bite her behind for years. NOT to say she is a deadbeat- only to say it might appear so to someone checking her score later.
I heartily recommend that if the girls consider it unconsciencable to fulfill the contract as originally planned, then they document what appear to be shady dealings and then try to reach a compromise to end the lease without further penalty. If rental units are as scarce as you write, landlord should have an easy time of getting a replacement.