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dieselcafe
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Registered: ‎12-25-2007
Past Landlord -Equity Residential sent me to Collection Agency

‎01-13-2013 02:54 PM

I broke my lease to move to California for family reason and I was unable to pay the $2000 fee. 

 

I lived in Boston before I moved to California.   My ex landlord in Boston was Equity Residential

 

Equity Residential sent me to collection company and now i owe them $3000 which was posted on my credit report.   

 

My situation was that I was unable to find a job in California and I just now moved back to New England.   For some reason, I was able to rent a 1 bedroom apartment in  Providence RI.   I guess the  rent collection was not posted on my credit report at the time my current landlord  checked my credit.  Otherwise, they would not rent me a place.

 

My question is, if I contact the collection agency  to make the payment, will I be able to rent a place in Boston after the payment is made?

 

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babbles
Posts: 142
Registered: ‎11-11-2007
Re: Past Landlord -Equity Residential sent me to Collection Agency

‎01-14-2013 06:50 AM

just wondering, did this go right on your credit file once reported to them?

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dieselcafe
Posts: 82
Registered: ‎12-25-2007
Re: Past Landlord -Equity Residential sent me to Collection Agency

‎01-14-2013 05:40 PM

The reporting date was some time in April, 2012.  Not sure when it actually showed up on my report but I was able to get a one bedroom apt from another national property folks in July of the same year.

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RobertEG
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Registered: ‎03-19-2007
Re: Past Landlord -Equity Residential sent me to Collection Agency

‎01-17-2013 12:08 PM

That will be at the discretion of the prospective landlord.

The best option is to offer the debt collector payment in exchange for their deletion of the collection.

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