I just have to complain about this because it has been on my mind over the last day...As you may know from one of my previous posts, my boyfriend and I were in the process of looking for a house to buy. However, we decided that due to lack of funds, we were going to scrap that idea and look into renting an apartment until we do have the money.
I digress....so we had gone to see an apartment I found in the classifieds, thought it sounded nice, and wanted to take a look at the inside. The onlt thing that wasn't nice about it was the hefty $1800 deposit plus rent involved. She came down on the total amount to $1500 just to get us in there. To make a long story short....the landlord references had checked out, the lease had been written up and signed, all of this as of yesterday at lunchtime. Last night, at about 5:30, the same lady called to tell me that there had been some miscommunication between her and her brother (who was helping her rent the place because she was leaving the country)and that they had rented the place out from under us to someone else! Well, how do you like that! She said it was a better business decision because the new person was going to pay her the full $1800. Amazing what someone will do for $300...Then she has the nerve to tell me good luck!! Whatever....I'm not the one who neds luck. Apartments are a dime a dozen in this town...It is she who will need the good luck when she gets a karmic kick in the rear for being so under-handed.
Anyway, always get it in writing!! You can never be sure with these inexperienced, too much money, too much time, too greedy landlady types...
Au Revoir
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