my apt. lease ends 11/30, I was told w/30day notice i don't have to pay the last month, is this true??

Answer 1

Who told you this?

When you rented the apartment, did you have to give the landlord a security deposit and last month's rent?

If you paid a security deposit AND the last month's rent upon move in, then you are as good as gold. Your last month's rent was prepaid.

If someone other than the landlord/management told you this and you did not pre pay the last month's rent, they are wrong.

If you only paid a security deposit, it cannot be used as rent. You must pay for rent for the last 30 days.

Failure to do so could lead to an eviction and/or a Small Claims suit aginst you, which will ruin your credit and rental history.

Answer 2

Sweetie, if you were told that you didn't have to pay, why are you arguing it? Regardless, how do you expect us to answer the question, when we can't see your lease/contract? If you're literate enough to write this question, then you are competent enough to read what you should have read before signing it!

There is another possibility: you didn't say how long you lived there. Many long-term renters are allowed to bypass the last month's rent in return for being good tenants (very rare, I'll admit, but it has happened to me!). Conversely, if you were a bad tenant, then they probably just want to get rid of you, and are not willing to risk a (another?) potential bounced check. I'm just saying! ;)

Answer 3

You have to pay through the end of your lease, plain and simple. It's a contract.

Answer 4

You need to look at your lease to find out.

Many apts collect 1st, and last months rent in advance, you might have already paid it, otherwise, NO.

Answer 5

If the apartment complex told you that ...I would say thats its is as good as gold. If a neighbor told you that I would check the the apartments owners.