Received $350 from (my name here) towards rent and security for Apt #5 located at (address). Balance of $3870 reflecting security and rent due on or before April 28,2006 as follows:
$2520- due on or before April 21, 2006
$1000- due on or before April 28, 2006
$3520- Total balance due to Landlord
Lease begins immediately and ends on April 30, 2007. Tenant takes premises "as is" and will furnish their own refrigerator. Monthly rent is $1290.
Agreed and Accepted:
(my signature, my BF's signature, and the landlord's)
After the entire deposit would be paid of, then we would sign the lease for the apartment and get the keys.
Here's the thing: on our way home, by BF and I decided that we didn't want the place for a number of reasons. So my BF calls the landlord the same night and tells him we don't want the place, but tells him he can keep the $350 since we wasted his time. The landlord says he wants to speak to me. So I call him Monday morning, tell him the same thing, and he says he'll sue us. So I say, "Ok, you have our names, addresses, and SSN's, so you know where to find us." But he says, "Oh know, I don't want to do that, let's make a deal." The landlord claims that since he told two potential tenants that the place was rented, we should pay him at least one month's rent. So he says that if I give him the balance between what I already paid him and one month's rent ($1290- $350= $940) by Saturday, then we'll forget the whole thing. Otherwise, he'll sue for the entire $3870. So I agree to that, over the phone, and I'm supposed to meet him Saturday with $940.
I'm really not sure if I do owe him that money or not, and I don't want to pay him. But I also don't want to get sued (though at this point, I'm starting to get so stressed about it that I don't care). Should I consult an attorney? I live in NY, the place is in NJ, should I consult an attorney there? Do you think he can sue and win? Should I just give him the $940 this weekend and move on? Should I call him and tell him I'm not giving it to him and wait to see if he sues me? Or should I just not show up on Saturday, and wait to see if he sues me?
I understand that any advice given on this site is not expert legal advice, but is, in fact, just an opinion.
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