Victim of a leasing contract breaking

[snowru]

Michigan.

There is a guy (A) that wants to break his apartment's leasing contract with his landlord and I became his victim. The price for his apartment is originally $500/month. He sent me an email offering that I just need to pay 350$/month in total and he will pay the rest. I agreed and signed the contract with the landlord (with $500/month). Immediately after I signed the contract, he said: now you have to pay for 500/month, I have no responsibility.


This is a 2 bedrooms apartment and the other roommate is his cousin. After he told me that, I'm very scared and don't know what to do. If I sue him and continue to live in that apartment, my safety is threaten because the roommate is actually his cousin !!!!!

I still have all the of the communicating emails.

Can I ask the landlord to break the contract ( just signed yesterday) ?
Should I report this case to the local police?
Thanks,

 

[Gail in Georgia]

You can certainly ask the landlord. He/she doesn't have to comply with your request to get out of this contract.

The police will do nothing regarding this matter. They will tell you this is a civil, not criminal matter.

Gail

 

[HomeGuru]

Michigan.

There is a guy (A) that wants to break his apartment's leasing contract with his landlord and I became his victim. The price for his apartment is originally $500/month. He sent me an email offering that I just need to pay 350$/month in total and he will pay the rest. I agreed and signed the contract with the landlord (with $500/month). Immediately after I signed the contract, he said: now you have to pay for 500/month, I have no responsibility.


This is a 2 bedrooms apartment and the other roommate is his cousin. After he told me that, I'm very scared and don't know what to do. If I sue him and continue to live in that apartment, my safety is threaten because the roommate is actually his cousin !!!!!

I still have all the of the communicating emails.

Can I ask the landlord to break the contract ( just signed yesterday) ?
Should I report this case to the local police?
Thanks,

**A: why did you sign the contract for $500? That actually supersedes the email citing $350.

 

[snowru]

He is actually a student in the university and I chose to report this case to the students Judicial Affairs of the university.
They said it happened to some students before and they know how to due with this. I'm feeling good.
Thanks.

 

[HomeGuru]

He is actually a student in the university and I chose to report this case to the students Judicial Affairs of the university.
They said it happened to some students before and they know how to due with this. I'm feeling good.
Thanks.

**A: they know how to due with this? Don't you mean deal? So what are they going to do?