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and Another ....

Yeah, I am well aware of the crappy way renters are treated at GSI. I rented there 6 years ago. I signed a 7-month lease, moved in the beginning of September, started house hunting late in February (that was my intention, hence the short-term lease), paid my rent on time, okay, round about the beginning of March they started putting notices at my door about renewing my lease which would expire the end of March, (yes, the math works out, September to March is 7 months), I found myself a condo that I loved, signed the papers, made the phone calls, etc, etc.....gave my written notice on or about February 21st, all seemed well with the world...NOT, all of a sudden I get this phone call that I had to pay all of the expected rent until the "legal" expiration date, which according to office brains, was May 1.......uh, no, sez I, do the math, September to March is 7 months, I had a closing date of March 26th, which I planned on moving my things over to the new place at a nice slow pa