OT: All Knowing Board - Invalid Lease Agreement sent to my email

[simons96]

just want to make sure I am taking the proper precautions.

My apartment management company uses a specific software that allows me to electronically sign all my rental agreements, addendum, etc . . .

I received an email from the software company notifying me of documents I needed to sign. I have just renewed my lease for another year and had already signed the documents. Wasn't sure if these were new docs.

I signed a bed bug addendum and renters insurance agreement, but when I got to the lease renewal I thought I would double check my monthly rent, and it was nearly double what I had agreed to. Then I noticed the address was for an apartment in Houston (I live in Plano). I closed the window and signed nothing further.

I sent an email to the "Owner Representative" of the property in Houston and copied my apartment complex manager. I asked to invalidate the 2 signed documents. I then informed them I had a valid lease in Plano and never had any contact with any properties or "owner representatives" in Houston, and I did not want to sign the lease.

I also requested that they investigate HOW this error occurred and notify me of their findings in writing so I may provide a copy for my attorney.

Smells like a big old scam. The properties do exist . . .

Is there anything else I should do tomorrow (Friday)?

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

You may want to print out the correspondence and send it via "Certified" US Mail.

 

[psuro]

Agree with Ziggy - get your documents out via US Mail (or UPS/FEDEX) and start documenting all of your efforts in case you need them later.

 

[psu1969a]

CYA and CYA. Cover your A$$; get printed copies of all documents. Call your attorney!

 

[PSU73]

just want to make sure I am taking the proper precautions.

My apartment management company uses a specific software that allows me to electronically sign all my rental agreements, addendum, etc . . .

I received an email from the software company notifying me of documents I needed to sign. I have just renewed my lease for another year and had already signed the documents. Wasn't sure if these were new docs.

I signed a bed bug addendum and renters insurance agreement, but when I got to the lease renewal I thought I would double check my monthly rent, and it was nearly double what I had agreed to. Then I noticed the address was for an apartment in Houston (I live in Plano). I closed the window and signed nothing further.

I sent an email to the "Owner Representative" of the property in Houston and copied my apartment complex manager. I asked to invalidate the 2 signed documents. I then informed them I had a valid lease in Plano and never had any contact with any properties or "owner representatives" in Houston, and I did not want to sign the lease.

I also requested that they investigate HOW this error occurred and notify me of their findings in writing so I may provide a copy for my attorney.

Smells like a big old scam. The properties do exist . . .

Is there anything else I should do tomorrow (Friday)?

This could be a simple mistake that goes bad. Maybe 'autofill' or just a sloppy person caused the agreement intended for someone else to go to you. You should call the Houston apt complex and try to get this cleared up. Not clear if the two properties are under the same ownership. If so it would not seem to be as big an issue as if they are separate ownership. The email reply might not get the attention quick enough, and the certified mail reply is good for the record, but I think this deserves verbal communication ASAP.

 

[simons96]

UPDATE: heard back from the apartment manager in Houston, she claims they had an applicant with a similar name and email address and typed in mine "by mistake". Said to ignore the request and they would remove my contact info from their records.

Thanks again everyone for the feedback.

 

[psuro]

Hope you got that in writing.

 

[simons96]

Hope you got that in writing.

well it is in an email, of which my apartment manager now has a copy

 

[MichaelJackSchmidt]

UPDATE: heard back from the apartment manager in Houston, she claims they had an applicant with a similar name and email address and typed in mine "by mistake". Said to ignore the request and they would remove my contact info from their records.

Thanks again everyone for the feedback.

So, you're saying there are 2 Simons96 running around?????

 

[simons96]

So, you're saying there are 2 Simons96 running around?????

and at least one of them is probably nekkid

 

[LafayetteBear]

Simons: One of the things that future lawyers learn during their first year in law school (in Contracts class) is that contracts premised on mutual mistake are either void or voidable. Bottom line is that they are not enforceable. If the e-mail you got asking for your signature mistakenly referenced the wrong apartment, and you mistakenly signed it thinking it was for your current apartment, you have a contract founded on mutual mistake. Although I agree with other posters who suggested you document the mistake (and keep the relevant documents), I think you have nothing to worry about.