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Yeah i've read it. But a large chunk $650 of it was verbal. Her telling me i wont be charged for guests if they arent staying long. Now she needs/wants money and just wants to use it as an excuse. The rest of it i dont think i'll get either. I mostly want to know what would happen if i just refuse to leave until paid. does she have any recourse?

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I think her recourse would be calling the police and charging you with trespassing.

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fk this bitch up with a hockey stick is what i would do.

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I've thoguht land lord couldnt just throw you out like that though. Like they had to go to court and get paperwork for it, etc.

Electric/gas company cant cut u off in winter or something, amirite?

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i would think that it wouldn't require eviction if she has a copy of that lease which states when it expires. i really have no idea but you might want to talk to a lawyer about it so you dont end up getting arrested

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I've thoguht land lord couldnt just throw you out like that though. Like they had to go to court and get paperwork for it, etc.

Electric/gas company cant cut u off in winter or something, amirite?

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first part may be somwhat correct. second part likely wrong many places, or possibly irrelevant to the discussion.

the part people miss on the "f the landlord" part is they end up owing more money in many instances.
if tenants want to be deadbeats who intend to never pay anything- by all means do whatever you think you can to screw the landlord. but i think they miss the long term costs and consequences of it.

I'm not saying you are that- I'm saying that many of the responses in the thread don't bother considering it.

Write the landlord a letter disputing the charges she told you about and why. send it some form of registered mail and keep copies.
That's the basic advice. Be polite and direct about it.
A landlord is more likely to deal with someone who isn't way out of line than they are someone swearing up a storm and threatening things.

She's either a reasonable person or she isn't. If not, you probably don't help your chances of a reasonable outcome by being a dick in return.
If she is reasonable, you can only help by being civil.

Also consider some sort of compromise. There is a point at which it's probably not worth your or her time to debate some amount of money.

I'm not going to get into specific advice about stuff because I'm not a lawyer.

I do however deal with tenants daily.

Keep the dialogue open.

edit: last and maybe most important... next time don't agree to ridiculous clauses like the guest clause, and if she says she will waive them or modify them, get it written into the lease or get her to write it somewhere on paper for you.

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1) you're an idiot for allowing $50/night in the lease.
2) rather than take some stupid traceable recourse that will bite you in the ass (ie not paying last months rent, selling appliances, etc):

in 3-6 weeks, post a picture of an attractive female on craig's list personals with your land lord's phone number(s).

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LOL

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Yeah i've read it. But a large chunk $650 of it was verbal. Her telling me i wont be charged for guests if they arent staying long. Now she needs/wants money and just wants to use it as an excuse. The rest of it i dont think i'll get either. I mostly want to know what would happen if i just refuse to leave until paid. does she have any recourse?

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Surely the fact you had guests is only verbal anyway?

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Its not like those dollars are worth anything nowadays anyway