pettie4sox

Fun game I was there. Was the upside down K for Eaton legit because he seemed pretty pissed.

Not sure if there is a topic for this but If there is, I figure the admins will make quick work of it. What is the generally rule of thumb regarding rent and your salary? (i.e. Rent should not exceed 1/3 of your gross monthly salary)

This is f***ing horrible news.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 04:15 PM) Back to this for a second, if they take the $80 or whatever "settlement" (I call it theft) you come up with, make sure your GF sends them a letter or a confirmation email explaining the deal and expressly stating that's all that she owes. They should get the application fee since they ran a check on us. They gave her all of it back minus $280. I think now that she has her money she can be a little more aggressive?

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 06:51 PM) I have to tell you, I'm looking in a different location for apartments and I never saw a single one that didn't require the deposit alongside the application with the only way of getting it back being a rejected application. Well what state are you in again?

http://www.onlinechicagorealestate.com/ren...ago-c13176.html From this site: This information is the nail in the coffin for them.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 05:45 PM) I'd tell them she's willing to pay $80 for the two application fees or else she's going to have her lawyer make it much more expensive for them. I'd do the same but they really think they have a case with this signed application. I'm just not sure how much merit it holds since I'm not a lawyer. Seriously though, if they think they are so sure fire, why are they trying to settle?

They are going to charge her for the application fees $40 each and 2 days of rent $100/day. Funny considering the place was like $1550/month which on a 30 day average would be $51.67/day. So They are going to refund all but $280 per their recorded conversation today. I told her to go for the jugular because them trying to settle just reeks of them knowing that if they would be taken to court, they would be fleeced. Can I get a lawyer with a linkedin account to look at the profiles of these two individuals just to see if we can scare them?

QUOTE (G&T @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 08:51 PM) Technically, based entirely on the application, they aren't doing anything wrong. But I think something is amiss with the "damages." They didn't actually have any loss since they filled the spot for the same time period. This is a penalty for reneging. Had you done something to prevent them from renting by August 1, then they are right. Here, though, I think you might have a case. And don't feel too bad. We've all been there in one way or another. I blame myself for not reading the fine print. But in reality, I just filled out another application for residency today and it was no where near as filled with similar jargon. The management company and the leasing agent have extremely bad reviews on yelp too. It seems they have a history of doing this bulls***.

I feel like such an idiot. I generally read things but I have filled out applications for apartments/condos before and have never ever ran into something so shady in my life. Lesson learned to read everything even if it's an application.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 05:32 PM) This is just BS...wtf is the $408 for again? There is no way the $408 can be just the application fee, is it? "Do not complete this application unless you are willing to deposit first month's rent now, sign a lease, and when lease is signed, pay full security deposit if the landlord accepts your application." WHAT? There is a term for this type of contract...I can't recall it, but I vaguely remember the concept from law school. Wtf is the point of the application if you have to be willing to deposit a month's rent, sign a lease, and pay a full security deposit IF the landlord accepts your application? Why not just be signing the lease to begin with if you have to be agreeing to the same terms regardless? Where is the consideration on the part of the landlord for you forking over all this money? The landlord can essentially just hold your month's rent for the pleasure of determining he would like to accept it. Unconscionable contract of adhesion? The amount of days the unit was off the market. Basically they are charging us for rent for the days it was off the market. Funny right considering we signed no lease. I really think they'll blink if we have a lawyer send them a letter.

Well here's the kicker. No lease was signed. All the info she gave them was a credit authorization form. The guy didn't even give us copies of any of the documents. So I have no idea if he added information.

Not sure if I'll get in trouble for this but here is the form. http://www.apartmentsourcechicago.com/wp-c...Application.pdf

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 04:11 PM) Got a job offer in Iowa. Waiting for my wife's work to clear her to work from home (she's currently based out of their offices near Chicago). If she's cleared, we're off to Iowa City! Best of luck brother. =)

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 03:21 PM) What city do you live in? And are they trying to keep a "security deposit" or a "credit application fee". They are trying to keep as it as a non refundable first month's rent deposit.

I live in Chicago Soxbadger. Also she used her debit card so I'm not sure how that changes things but the only thing I think we should be paying here is an application fee which I am more than happy to give to them but after this debacle, I'm ready to tell them to go kick rocks and give us everything back.

Got a new event. My gf and I decided to move in together and rent a place. We filled out the application got approved. We decided before any leases were signed that we didn't want the place anymore (over the span of 2 days and they are trying to rent this place August 1st mind you, this happened last Wednesday). They basically claim they can keep the deposit since we're reneging. Mind you that no leases were signed just the application which had legal jargon up the wazoo stating that if you sign this we can keep your deposit. However, the criteria that wasn't met because the lease wasn't signed. So they charge her credit card and are refusing to give it back. I'm letting her handle it since it was her credit card but this situation just seems shady. Most places, you just fill out the application and if you're approved, you sign a lease. I've never heard of putting a deposit down to fill out an application. What do you people think? Update: They rented the unit for August 1st and are trying to charge her $408 instead of the $1679. To me that screams they are some shady f***ers.

Normally they'll ask if you have any planned vacations.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 12:58 PM) Damn, if it was the Deerfield location I would've been able to drop you off easily, but Round Lake is pretty far out from where I work. You work at Baxter?

Had a phone interview with Baxter labs yesterday and they scheduled a face to face interview for next Tuesday. The problem, it's in f***ing Round Lake, IL. straight. f***ing. boonies. I plotted a metra course but it only gets me 3.0 miles away from the lab. Anyone live out or near this area that could give me tips?

Tflo doesn't lead the league in SO if that's what someone said earlier.

Get that trade value up Gordo.

I took Germany just because of Neymar but I'm not really a soccer expert so.

Ok guys, the key is me not watching the games. Whenever I have watched, they have lost. So I'll be signing out for a while.

I don't get teams that don't attack. The Swiss just let Argentina barrage them all game.