For real though. Dude could've just stopped paying rent/communicating and dragged out an eviction for months. Instead, he's trying to be constructive and come to a resolution. Some people just don't know how to be professional and keep things above board. As is, with the right lawyer this landlord could be locked out of his own property via a restraining order and also be made to fix everything while not receiving any money.

(This is the friend, I was trying to use a throwaway but they.arent allowed to have their posts show up here)

Yea I just want to be out of here, I feel bad I have to break my lease and that I am unable to pay (though again, when he showed me the apartment I told him I had another gig digitizing stuff and that they have strict delivery requirements where boxes have to be left with me or behind a locked door in my building, and when I asked if the door code lock works he said he just had to change the battery. Then after I'd moved in he said giving the code to delivery people is a security risk. If he hadn't lied and I could do that job this would not be happening.)

I would normally be using my time to figure this out with him but he's acted so terribly and told so many lies and been so stressful to deal with that I am starting to feel like I would be more comfortable with some legal help.