Hi all,
I have lived in an apartment building in Los Angeles for the last 2 years. For the first year, I was on a lease and when that lease was up, I moved to another unit in the same building. A new lease for the new unit was never signed by me or the management company. In fact, the management company returned my security deposit and never asked for a new one.
I would like to move out of the building now. The management company says that I would be "breaking" my lease but there isn't one to break. They contend that the new unit's unsigned lease would expire on July 1, 2005, which is true; I contend that with the absence of a signed lease that our rental agreement became month-to-month.
As such, I tried to give 30-days notice to move out on June 16 and the on-site manager berated me and threatened all manner of nastiness on my credit report. Who is right here? Do I have a legal leg to stand on? Can they put undesirable things on my report? Any advice on how I should proceed?
Thank you for any help you can provide.

