Hi there, I don’t know if this is the right subreddit for this, so please let me know and I’ll post it somewhere more appropriate. But I just need some advice on how to proceed. So I’ve been living in my apartment in Texas for about 7 months. It’s a great community and I love it. But it’s expensive. I was able to afford it at the beginning of my lease, but some things have come up that have left me scrambling to pay my rent the past couple of months. Last month, I was five days late on rent, so there’s the late fees for that, which I haven’t paid because I’m unable to, and now I’m late on this month’s rent which I don’t even have enough for the base amount due, let alone the fees. Nobody has contacted me about eviction in any way whatsoever, but I’m just waiting for it to come any day now. I don’t know the laws or process when it comes to how eviction works, I’ve never had to deal with it because I’ve always been pretty good about paying everything on time. But this year has been different. I’ve had to sell some of my stuff to make rent and I did not like that. But that’s beside the point. I know that I have the option to terminate my lease at any time without any repercussions. It won’t go on my credit report and won’t affect me in the future when I try to rent/buy. But I will have to give a 60 day notice and also pay ~$2200 within 3 days of moving out. The thing is, I don’t know if I’d be able to pay that amount within that time frame. Maybe most of it, but definitely not all of it.
I don’t know what to do about this, any advice would be appreciated.
Tl;dr - scared about getting evicted; should I let it happen, or beat them to the punch and terminate my lease at the risk of not being able to pay the fees in full within 30 days?
Submitted July 04, 2019 at 07:26PM by DeterDarker https://ift.tt/2XMnsXj
