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The 212-page lease addendum that killed my Brooklyn move
I found a buried clause in my proposed lease saying my rent could jump 15% after 11 months, no negotiation, and that single statistic made me nope out before signing, has anyone else caught a surprise like that in a big city lease?
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smith.nancy9d ago
212 pages for an apartment lease is basically a novel where the villain is your landlord and the plot twist is always in the fine print. 15% jump after 11 months? That's not a lease, that's a trapdoor with a countdown timer. Landlords really out here playing Monopoly with real people's money and throwing in clauses like "surprise rent hike" as a bonus feature. Good on you for walking, because once you sign, that paper is basically a legally binding horror story. I swear they hide the crazy stuff in the middle pages hoping you'll get bored and just scribble your name anywhere.
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