The renewal, signed by me, goes through a review with the management company. My copy is returned to me by mail a few weeks after submitting it to them. I get it back sometime in the last month of the old lease. It's always been approved in the past. My original question is, during this process, is my submitted signature binding, or is the renewal approval process a "limbo" period, legally, where I can back out? Note that the management company is free to back out and reject during this time, without much advance notice for me to vacate.

