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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much are we talking here, sounds to me it would be too little to involve a lawyer.  If I were you, I would do nothing.  Stand by the 60%  or nothing.  They will come back to you because they'd rather collect something than having to pursue a lawsuit.  Also, are your sure the landlord did not rent the place again right away?  What about your security deposit?[/quote]

The total is less than $2100 and they applied the small security deposit towards what I owed. The settlement was for around $800.  I have no idea if they rented the place.  They told me they had six units the same size sitting empty and that's why they couldn't even try to rent mine.  [/quote]

It is not your concern if they rented the place or not. You signed a contract with the landlord to pay x  amount of rent each month for y amount of time. When you breach that contract you usually are immediately on the hook for rent remaining on the lease.[/quote]

Actually, they have to make reasonable efforts to rent the place (the lease says so).  What's reasonable could be argued I guess and I wasn't going to push them on it since there was less than two months left on the lease.  So, you are wrong about being immediately on the hook for the remainder.  Either way, your point is mute since I'm not trying to dispute that the debt is mine.  I know it is.  I'm trying to figure out why the collections agency sent me an offer they are not standing by.[/quote]

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