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| - Just a heads up, a few years ago, I looked at an apartment, and decided I would rent. I signed a 'rental agreement', and made an appointment to come by in a few days to sign the lease.
Upon reading the lease later at the meeting, I knew I should not rent from these people. Among the items in the lease were that they could come in pretty much any time they wanted, I would have had to give advance notice of having guests, and the late fee gets tacked on if your rent is not received on the first of the month. Totally jive.
I said, 'I'm not signing this', and was told that I had already agreed to rent. This is their game. The 'rental agreement' counts as a lease. I had to hire an attorney to get me out of it, and they still pro-rated me for the week that they could not rent the apartment.
Regarding the lease, my attorney's words about it were that it was 'unconscionable.' Meaning, approximately, that no one in their right mind should agree to such terms.
It's too bad. They're snapping up all the properties in Regent Square, which is a great neighborhood. If you want to live there, it's a real challenge to find a place not owned by this company. Please note, they are one and the same as 'Regent Square rentals.'
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