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Hi,
I'm little confuse and need help about my lease from you guys. Here is my situation.

1. I moved in somebody's house and rent a room. I moved in 6th January, 2007. I paid prorate rent.
2. I signed a lease from month to month basis. Also obligated to give 3 weeks notice to tenant before leaving.

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3. I decided to move out and gave the notification on 18th Dec, 2007.

----------- I expected as he prorate me when I came in, it would be the same and I can move out 7th Jan,2008.--------------

Now He is saying, I have to pay the whole month of January because lease was month to month basis.

Do I have to pay for the whole of the January month?
What if I move out before 1st of January? It will not be 3 weeks but at least I'm not living in that month.
What are my choices?

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I'm living in the state of Minnesota and I don't think he pays the rent tax. I don't hope to get that rent tax form from him what we usually get to file the tax.

Please, help me for this case.
Thanks

[Fr_Chuck]

Well don't know anything about rent tax, there is nothing like that anywhere I have ever owned property, I pay taxes on the income from my properties.

But normally notice is from pay period to pay period, but this is with month to month rental and normally require 4 week notice.

But unless the lease says they will pro-rate, most likely they are correct.

[ScottGem]

If the rental period is a month but the lease specifies a 3 week notice, then I don't see how they can say you owe the full month. I would tell them to sue you.