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sbiedenbach
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We moved into a brand new apartment in Michigan July 1,1992. We signed a 2-year lease. There was no security deposit. We moved out on June 30, 1994 after fulfilling our lease. In June of 1999 (5 years later!!!!!), we received a call from a credit agency saying that we owed this apartment complex $400 for carpet damage and damage to a window screen. We asked for proof that we owed such money--this was the first we had heard of this. The credit agency sent us a copy of the walkthrough papers we had signed the day we rented the apartment. The signature line and the date for the resident are blank for the move-out inspection date, but there is an agent's signature and the date of June 30, 1994. We called the credit agency back in August of 1999 and told them that we were NEVER informed that we owed any money for damages and that we did not damage the apartment beyond normal wear and tear. He tried to get us to pay half the money. We told him that we did not owe the money. Since then, the credit agency has called us every couple of months demanding the money and a negative mark has been placed on our credit report. HELP!! We don't owe this money, but the property management company has us at their mercy.