Hey there everyone- I'm headed down to P-cola in Sept as an SNA. I have been looking online for appartments because I was told that the BOQ is full most of the time and/or they will only give you a certian amount of days to live there and then you have to find a place. Is this still the case? And say for example you sign a lease and then you find out that you will be going to Texas or Oklahoma for primary, are you permitted an out of the lease? Sorry if this may seem redundant, but I just graduated a few weeks ago and I'm trying to get all this crap figured out. Thanks alot!
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BOQ/Appt - Current situation
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Brett327 said:
They'll still find a way to f#ck you. I got my orders 20 days before I was supposed to be in Oceana... they only returned half my deposit because the military clause said I had to give them 30 days notice... all sorts of stories on how they find loopholes in that.
Still though, that's pretty standard. It's really YOU who's doing the fvcking because it's a huge hassle to find a new tennant on shorter notice than 30 days. That means longer vacancies and lost revenue. I don't endorse abuses of the military clause by landlords (I know it happens), but both parties should be clear on what the minutiae of the agreement entails. Sometimes circumstances (like short notice orders) deal you a sh!tty hand, but you shouldn't expect the landlords to just eat it because you're in the military. They're already doing you a huge favor by including a military clause in the first place, even though it's often required by law. [/rant]TurnandBurn55 said:
Brett
I've never really had any problems to speak of due to the military clause and breaking the lease. I've always given my landlords plenty of heads-up of when I should be expecting written orders. So long as I have written orders a couple months out from moving, I give them written notice with a copy of my orders. Of course, I let them know up front when I sign the lease that I'm smarter than they are and if they try to fvck me, I'll fvck them back harder. Funny, never had a problem. 
pittflyer said:
Who have you been dealing with? Anytime I canceled cable, phone or trash I got a refund cause I'd already paid for that month. And thats in 3 different cities now.
No more military clause...
There's no longer any need for a military clause, although I'm sure that you'll still find it in outdated lease agreements. In 2003 the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act became federal law, and in that law it allows for termination of a lease for any PCS orders or for orders of deployment for more than ninety days. There are, of course, attendant clauses dealing with giving notice and things like that. You can find the text of the relevant section, 305, here:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/sscra/l/blscra305.htm
I would advise printing out the text and sending it in with the copy of your orders, simply because it seems that most landlords and property managers don't know about it.
There's no longer any need for a military clause, although I'm sure that you'll still find it in outdated lease agreements. In 2003 the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act became federal law, and in that law it allows for termination of a lease for any PCS orders or for orders of deployment for more than ninety days. There are, of course, attendant clauses dealing with giving notice and things like that. You can find the text of the relevant section, 305, here:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/sscra/l/blscra305.htm
I would advise printing out the text and sending it in with the copy of your orders, simply because it seems that most landlords and property managers don't know about it.
One of the first questions I asked was about the military clause. The people at the apartment complex hear that question everytime and she had a sheet on top of her pile to show me instantly. It stated what was said above and the only thing she asked out of me was to tell her as soon as I heard about new orders.
Be that as it may, it's a lot easier to deal with a problem if the appropriate verbiage is spelled out in the rental agreement, which is a contract, and agreed to by both parties. The alternative could involve attorneys and long delays, especially if a less than well informed landlord decides to fight you on it. Having a law (SCRA) on the books doesn't render obsolete the rental agreement military clause, it just provides the legal backing and legitimacy for them. I wouldn't sign a lease, nor have one of my tenants sign one without it.IRfly said:
Brett
Concur. Make sure it's in the lease. Part of solving problems is avoiding them to begin with.Brett327 said: