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I live in TN, and go to school in KY. This past spring I went online and saw an offcampus student apartment complex and thought it would be a great place to live. I am used to living in dorm rooms, I have never dealt with money-grubbing companies that offer crappy apartments. I signed an online lease, but DID NOT turn in a Parental Guarantor (sp?) form...which you need to have notarized and signed to live there. I payed a 200 dollar deposit. I went and visited the place for a tour this summer and it was not what they had described online, so my mother and I told them our issues with the place and said we were looking at other options.

I decided to move into another student apartment complex. The ther place has been calling me saying that they needed a Guarantor form, and if they did not get one by July 5th, they could no longer reserve my room. Well, it's August, and I told them that I will not be living there, and now they tell me that I have to honor my lease and pay.

I never moved in, never payed 1st months rent, I payed a 200 deposit, never turned in a Guarantor form (which a few months ago I had to have or couldn't move in), but now I have to pay.

If I never turned the Guarantor form, according to the lease, then the lease is void. AND I NEVER MOVED IN, they have no loss. I never gained posession of the premises, so how can I be held accountable and still be expected to pay all of the rent?

Is there any way I can get out of my lease, which should be null and void anyway.