>>481Ok well it gets a bit harder if u just skipped paying. BUT do not pay the landleech because in most states theres a requirement for the landleech to find another tenant within 2 months of you moving out. So if youre not living there, the most youd be on the hook for is that anyways (check your state laws).
The best defense though is to claim you were withholding the rent because the leech didnt perform the necessary repairs or that the apartment was uninhabitable due to conditions.
If you have to plant some roaches or some shit and take pictures as proof. If you had already sent emails from before along a similar line youd have a pretty good case.
Dont worry about showing up to court because even if they got a judgment against you, most leeches give up trying to collect it anyways as its a whole another process.
just to put in perspective, I dodged 15k$+ of rent and because the landleech couldnt find me, he couldnt serve me and just gave up. That was over 5 years ago so now its out of the statute of limitations anyways.