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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why and how did your daughter sign a lease without you co-signing or at least knowing about? When my DD moved off campus all of the parents of her roommates had to co-sign since she none of them had jobs that would cover the rent.

And I cannot imagine not having a discussion with my kid about where they will be living, even if I expected them to handle everything other own. My DD did the apartment search with her friends and did all of the legwork with it, but I knew it was happening. [/quote]

In passing, back in May, she said she was APPLYING for a lease. She ended up applying and signing back-to-back before we knew of or heard any lease details. When she mentioned applying it was in May right after semester ended. Never in a million years would I have suspected or supported signing a lease that began a week later, when she’s home all summer + wanted to study abroad in January.[/quote]

OP, it is really 6 of one and half dozen of another when the 12-month lease starts.  If she signed up to start in August, like my daughter did, then she either has to stay for the next summer or find a sub for the summer when she leaves to come back home in May.  With your daughter studying abroad all next spring, she probably would not have any more time than she did this year to find a sub.  In our case, our daughter found a sub who was in town for the summer for an internship for about 3/4 of what her portion of the rent was.  I would have been perfectly happy if she had found someone for even 50%, since obviously that is still way better than paying 100%.   If she had not found anyone, I would have had to suck it up and pay.

Can your daughter get back to the college apartment a couple of times over the summer to setup her room and spend some time there?  Can she head back a little sooner than she had previously planned.  At least she will get some use out of her portion of the place she is paying for.  As far as the spring semester,  there are many midyear transfers and admits.  Maybe she can sub out her spring portion of the lease if she starts looking and posting early.  As I mentioned, heavily discounting the rent makes it more likely she will find someone and at least she's not footing the entire rent while she's not there.  [/quote]

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