What to do if I signed a renewal lease 1 1/2 months ago and have just been informed by management that the lease has the wrong rent listed they want me to sign another lease for a higher amount?
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What to do if I signed a renewal lease 1 1/2 months ago and have just been informed by management that the lease has the wrong rent listed they want me to sign another lease for a higher amount?
Is this practice legal? And if I refuse to sign the new contract, am I in the wrong?
Asked on November 2, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Florida
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country if the parties sign a document such as the one that you have written about and there is no fraud concerning its signing the parties are bound by its terms. You have no obligation to sign any new document. If the landlord created the document or his or her agent, then all the more reason that it remain as it is.
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