So I just recently started making a little over 40K. My girlfriend doesn’t make as much, but we’ve been wanting a place of our own and so we signed a one year lease for a $950/mo apartment. We’ve been together for 3 years and thought this was a good step. Her parents knew we were doing this, but as soon as they found out she was also on the lease (not just me) they went bonkers. They say that since she’s their dependent, she’s a liability to them now if something goes wrong. If I die or get mangled, or whatever, the realtors told us we could break the lease by finding new tenants. I told the realtors I was the primary earner, but they did insist that all full time occupants be accounted for on the lease. We didn’t see a problem, but her family is literally ready to disown her and cut her off from the car they got her, rescind their offer to give us a bed and some kitchen supplies (which is whatever, I can afford those, it’s just a shitty game they’re playing.) She works and can afford a car with careful planning, but it’s a really aggravating setback. Bottom line, as a first time lease signer, did we make a mistake? It all made sense to us both until her parents went off the wall.
Submitted February 17, 2018 at 05:32PM by BonesAndBlues http://ift.tt/2EBkjRE
