My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Colorado
I have signed a 1 year lease for a town home in Colorado Springs, CO and due to bad credit (though our renting history is near perfect) our future landlord has verbally asked us to pay 4 months rent in advance: The first months rent, and the last 3 months. The lease that we signed does not require 4 months, but only states the prorated amount for the day we move in, and the first months rent and security deposit. I have three questions: Are we legally obligated to pay the last 3 months of rent in advance even though it is not on the lease? Secondly, if we decide not to go through with paying that much in advance, and the landlord does not consent for us to move in, how does the lease and its security deposit resolve itself? Can the landlord bar us from moving in for not agreeing to pay 3 months in advance even though the lease does not require it?

