NV-HELP! Can they do this to us?

[vross3]

We currently live in Oregon, but are moving to Las Vegas on April 1st. We visited Las Vegas from March 8th - 12th in order to find housing. We found a home, filled out the paperwork for a 1yr Lease, PAID the $225 10-day deposit, traveled home feeling good about the home. Real estate agent sent the Final lease agreement to our home in Oregon for our signatures and rest of the required deposits ( They had already signed and dated the lease for the 16th of march with us to take posession of the property on April 1st), At 11am on march 21st I placed the Completely Signed contract with cashiers check in the mail to be returned to them.

Here's where it gets ugly. At about 1pm on March 21st, we got a call from the real estate agent stating that the owner of the rental property wanted $500 more per month than what is stated in the LEASE/Contract, and that they were not going to honor the lease that they signed and sent to us. They stated that the price that they Advertised, quoted, and wrote up in the lease was the wrong price due to a type-o and felt that they were not required to accept responsibility for their mistake. They also stated that if we took posession of the home we have the contract on and the keys for, then they would have us forceably removed by the police. Can they rescind a binding contract like that?

HELP! What am I to do? Do I continue with our plans and take posession of the house as agreed and deal with them after the fact? Do I get to Las Vegas and live in a hotel with my wife, 2 very young daughters, and a 95lb lab while running up expenses on hotel rooms, U-haul rentals, and food while I find a new house to rent on short notice? My fininces are very limited, so I'm a little concerned about the latter option. What recourse do I have against the rental agents?
Please help me find a suitable solution. Any help you could give would be muchly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Vross3 & family

 

[LL]

I dont know anything about NV law (except that it is similar to California in many respects) but if you have a genuine contract that is validly signed by both parties, then it is probably binding and the landlord has to abide by it.

There are many approaches to breaking a lease (as so many tenants try to do) that they may be able to do that, but until they do, the lease seems to be controlling. Also, I note that they tried to influence you to discard the lease over the telephone instead of putting their demands in writing.

If you insist on working with people like that (I don't advise it) you should probably go ahead and move in. Carry a photocopy of your lease with you all the time, and be prepared in case of a fight. But if you show your lease, what are the police going to do?