Q: Am I still responsible as the apartment co-signer?
A friend of mine needed a place to live about two years ago and he needed a cosigner. Not wanting him to end up homeless, I co-signed. The lease I signed was a one year lease. Two years later I get a letter because he was not and is still not able to pay rent for about two months worth. I understand that it then falls on the co-signer BUT I never co-signed a lease for the second year when he missed rent. So how am I responsible? Could the lease just renew without my consent?
A: It is important to read the lease to see if addresses your issue. In general, if a written lease term expires and a tenant holds over with consent if the landlord then the lease term becomes month to month subject to all of the remaining provisions of the written lease
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