Anyway, my lease is up on the 15th(thank god after a year of BS)...


Back in november, my roommate/girlfriend moved out and broke her lease without my consent (cause we were till a third left on teh lease and she wouldnt pay shit) and went and got her name off the lease WITHOUT my signature..This is AFTER my property management group told me that both of us had to be present (in the office at the same time) to sign a notice to vacate.

Since June or july, i have not received a rent statement. This wasnt a huge issue until last march when we went to combined billing cause i used to just shell out $595 and call ita day and wait for my utilities..this is interesting cause the first day after my rent is late, they hit me with a $75 late fee and other junk fees making my base rent go from 595 to about $700.

since november i have requested a copy of my lease ATLEAST 15 times (over the phone to either have it faxed to my desk where i can reveiw it or printed where i can pick it up) and STILL have yet to see it. Im actualyl going to call again in a few minutes to request it be printed AGAIN so i can get it on the way home. When i payed my rent last month (my sister took my credit card to pay it since i was working and once again last minute cause no statement), they told my sister that i wasnt on the lease....then someone else told her i was a occupant and not a leasee...then the story changed to i was a leasee and the ONLY leasee. They refused to give my sister my rent amount but disclosed private info with her regarding other issues.

well anyway, my rent was due the 4th...i knew it was so since once again i did not receive a statment, i called and asked them what it was and asked for a credit card authorization form. They faxed me the form 4 hours later after i called 4 times to determine status...It took my sister calling there (she works for the same group just a different complex) before they faxed it...30 seconds later, it was faxed...hmm...

so i send them everything they needed for the authorization...this is on the 4th...today is the 12th...they call her today saying my payment didnt go through and now they are hitting me with junk fees again...heres the issue...Theres enough money in my account NOW by over $100 to cover it....between the 4th and today, theres been a surplus between $100 and 400 to cover the rent.

My question is can they charge me the late fee for payment after the 4th if i sent in the form?? i have bank statments printed, a code to call the bank back where they didnt even try to process it yet (as of two days ago on the 10thj), fax logs, cell phone records, etc. showing where ive called, sent payment and everything, can they charge me because of THEIR lack of processing?? They called my sister and actually told her my account was going to collections which is what pisses me off the most. They are going to send my shit to collections cause they fucked up?? no..

Thanks in advance and if any of you guys know a good lawyer, PM me a name and number cause i have a feeling this might end up needing one.