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At the beginning of January 15th I had to pay my landlord for my months rent in college. I paid him $1700 for 4 months rent ($425 monthly). I moved in later on January 15th and have been living here and will probably move out around may 7th. He told me I need to pay for all the months January, February, March, April, AND MAY. Although I did the calculations and thought I only needed to pay four months (January 15th - February 15th 1 PMT, February 15th - March 15th 2 PMT, March 15th - April 15th 3 PMT, April 15th - May 15th 4 PMT). He is saying I have to pay another months rent all the way up to May because for January's rent and May's rent being separate. It is very unclear in the lease exactly what he means. Also, he told me that I had another month's rent to pay around April 24th (2 weeks before I move out) , but I paid him all the amount in February ($1700). I am not made of money, although last year I did pay that but did not want to and just didn't want to argue with it and/or deal with it. Am I in the wrong? What are the legal actions that could take place?
He wants me to pay (January 1 PMT, February 2 PMT, March 3 PMT, April 4 PMT, and May 5 PMT).
But it never said in the contract to pay 5 months or on a semester basis. Rather it said Jan 15 - May 15. The way i look at it is it's 120 days (4 months). I mean he told me two days ago to pay it, but I've been told that I could take it to small claims court.
The lease will usually list out each month and the amount. So it would say January- $425, February- $425, etc. and also a total amount for the lease. Does yours not have that?
What state is this? Some require prorating, some don't. But if the LL is having the rental start and end on the 15th of the month, that's his choice. There's no reason to pay full rent for the two partial months, unless that is very clearly spelled out in your lease.
If the contract says you pay from Jan 15 - May 15, then that's what you pay for.
Without seeing the actual contract, the rest is just guessing.
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