What happens after you sign an apartment lease?
A lease is a legally binding document. Each person who signs a lease agreement is responsible for the full amount of the rent for the full term of the lease. Your landlord may try to go after your roommates if the lease is broken and rent is unpaid but will most assuredly come after you if you sign the lease. Your signature on the lease is your promise to pay a certain amount for each month for the full term of the lease. Any judge will rule this way. Getting a financial judgment against you ...