is landlord trying something fishy?

[bwana devil]

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During the move-out process and final walk-through, everything was all smiles and "looked great", then we were served with a bill for an extra month's rent for "not following procedure." We tried to fight it but it was pretty airtight, being in the lease and all. Sucks.


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i would want to know if they kept the unit empty for an entire month and if this impacted how it should be handled. my guess is they immediately rented it out to someone else and got double rent for the month. if they charged you for rent for the unit and someone else, i would have investigated this angle.