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Today's question comes from Robert in Minnesota. He says last year against the wishes of her mother and I,

my 18-year-old daughter signed a lease with an apartment complex. She committed to one year,

but she never moved into the apartment. Fast forward a year later, and now she's getting

calls from a collection agency to pay back around 9,000 for unpaid rent. She is currently going

to college, has no assets and no income. My wife and I are not willing to help her pay for this,

but I'm trying to help her navigate her options. Any advice?

Oh my goodness. I'm wondering why she never moved into it, number one. Here's the thing.

She owes the money. Like she signed a lease. She owes the money. The best you could try to do is maybe

try to settle it for less. But she's going to have to pay this money back. She signed and said that

she would commit to pay a certain amount of rent. They don't know or care whether or not she moved in or not, but because she occupied on paper

that space, that's $9,000 of rent that that owner lost out on. So she owes it. And if you're her

mom and dad, I feel like, Dave, you can ring it on this. This is where my brain

goes. She's got some options. Number one, man, I don't know, Dave. I don't know if I would pay it

for her. No, I would not. But I mean like even like to help her because it's only going to get more she's 18 she gets a job get a job and pay it nine thousand

dollars i mean come on you can do a lot of money it's not a lot of money i mean just go i'm just saying

to not go uber your little 18 year old butt off seriously door dash yourself until you can't walk

come on really nine thousand bucks go get go clean it up baby doll now help door dash yourself until you can't walk. Come on, really.

Nine thousand bucks.

Go clean it up, baby doll.

Now, help her navigate it.

That depends on how obstinate and rebellious this girl is.

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