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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello,
Apartment renter from a large national corporation (not a personal condo owner) who's feeling very much pressured into signing a new lease right now 90 days before my lease term is up. They're hounding me but I don't know that I want to stay, however finding places is very hard right now. They said I have to give them 60 days notice to vacate, however state law says I only have to give 30 days notice to vacate. They are saying if I don't sign right now it will revert to month to month at a ridiculous $$$$ amount. How can an "expired" lease "revert" to anything? What happens if I give them the keys and everything back on the last day of my lease? How can anything revert if nothing is signed? Also, if I gave the 60 days or 30 days notice and can't find a place I will be homeless I guess. Any information appreciated. [/quote]

What they mean is if you don’t give notice to vacate, your lease will automatically renew on a month-to-month basis, at the higher rate. Landlords usually offer a good discount for signing longer leases, because turnover is expensive. Usually even if you are month-to-month, you still need to give notice as outlined in the terms of the lease.

But, in my experience, winter is a slow time of year for people to move. So unless your apartment is a really hot commodity, if you give them notice, and decide a week later that you want to stay put, odds are your unit won’t be rented yet. Also, if you don’t choose a new lease now, and therefore your lease is month-to-month, and you decide next month that you want to stay another year, odds are the discounts will still be available.[/quote]

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