<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by peter:
NO there is no such clause, and why do you have such a bad attiude......?????
You signed a contract to pay rent for a year...you owe the money because of your pisss poor attiude...
Now if you were SMART and NICE you would approach the landlord and ask NICELY if we could terminate our lease early, AND HELP you find NEW tenants by showing your apartment whenever he puts an ad in the paper.
The process of buying a home is filled with delays.... so whats your hurry UNLESS you are pre approved with a loan, already signed the contract and just waiting to set up the closing, you might just be out of that place by the time your lease ends....if you start the process today!
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My goodness, Peter! I hope you're not a lawyer, because you've mistakenly read some sort of negativity in my message.
First of all, there IS such a clause in Texas and it is quite common. It just doesn't happen to be in OUR contract. As far as asking nicely and being smart, since we have both of those qualities, we have no problem going to our leasing agent. We just didn't know it was an option.
Last, we would gladly PAY the remainder of our lease, and the reason for the HURRY is because we ARE pre-approved and ready to sign a contract...the house is a bargain and we don't want to miss out on an excellent opportunity to own our first home. Thanks for your "input" but you give message boards like this a bad name!