moving to a new apartment with a old bill help!!!!?

Question

I moved into my first apartment (with a childs father:( I kno) :( so we broke up and i couldnt afford to pay the rent by my self so i broke the lease and moved out (without telling the leasing office. I got a new apartment (i guess before it went onto my credit report) by myself :) and have been paying my bills & all on time but i still have the past due balance from my first apartment. I am thinking about moving to a bigger apt or townhouse but my question is will apartments rent to me if they see that i owe money to my first apartment? even if I have been paying everything on time. I dont have the money to pay off my old bill yet but i will when i have it but for now I want to move and i wanna make sure apartments or townhouses will rent to me...

Answer 1

stay there for at least 2 yrs to get everything paid off AND time behind you

Answer 2

You are most definitely going to want to take care of that old bill before you leave the apartment you're currently leasing. I run credit & background checks on new tenants before I lease and I'd certainly not allow tenancy to someone who owes a balance, potentially a judgement, to a previous rental. Because if you move into my place with that pegged on you, eventually it's going to catch up and your wages will be garnished. Then how will you pay for your new apartment?



I'd make it a priority to take care of this past bill ASAP before it gets you in trouble. And since you're already in an apartment, stay there in the meantime.



Hope this helps!

Answer 3

If you can afford to stay where you are, do so. Make payments on the old bill until it is paid off, then move. That will show up as a paid account rather than active collections. Still not great, but better than an unpaid landlord bill. Most landlords who run a check will not rent to someone with an unpaid landlord bill, especially if it is recent.