Money Owed is "Money Owed".

[wemisshi]

I live in a rental property in GA. The land lady broke the lease. She owes us approximately $2,000. She refuses to sign a "moveout agreement" (as recommended previously here.) We know we can put a mechanics lean on the property. We are trying to avoid it.
My question is this: If I have a receipt showing that she owes me monies, can I send a copy of the receipt to her with a letter "kindly explaining" that since she still owes me monies, I would like to use a portion of those monies towards the upcoming rent that I owe her. Would this be legal? It seems that if she owes me monies, and we technically do not have a lease, she should be able to allow us to use the debt to us and apply it to the debt we owe her.
Monies owed for monies owed.
Thanks.

 

[HomeGuru]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by wemisshi:
I live in a rental property in GA. The land lady broke the lease. She owes us approximately $2,000. She refuses to sign a "moveout agreement" (as recommended previously here.) We know we can put a mechanics lean on the property. We are trying to avoid it.
My question is this: If I have a receipt showing that she owes me monies, can I send a copy of the receipt to her with a letter "kindly explaining" that since she still owes me monies, I would like to use a portion of those monies towards the upcoming rent that I owe her. Would this be legal? It seems that if she owes me monies, and we technically do not have a lease, she should be able to allow us to use the debt to us and apply it to the debt we owe her.
Monies owed for monies owed.
Thanks.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

How did L break the lease and why does she owe you money? How did you determine that you can file a mechanics lien and that you technically have no lease? Please provide the details to the circumstances.