<prompt> Human: As the title says my apartment management group is trying to charge 35 dollars monthly if we do not have auto-pay set up. A little back story I have lived here for a year now. My first lease is actually up today, about 2 months ago I renewed my lease and signed the paperwork. A couple of weeks after that we got a notice in the mail that another management group had bought out the complex and we would have new ownership. Last week we got an email to setup our new profile in their new payment center, just emailing us our account number and passwords. Today I log in to set mine up and notice that I have a 35 dollar Conversion Balance-Rent charge. Wondering what this is my girlfriend calls the office and asks the lady what the fee is for, she does not know but she calls someone else to find out and tells her that it is a fee they are charging unless we set our accounts up on auto-pay. I have never paid late once, and in the 12 months I have been here we have never heard of this. I would understand if it was one time fee, I would likely pay it and move on but 35 a month sort of pisses me off. My question is, if this wasnt written on my lease and none of the 2 emails about my account set up list this is it even legal? My guess is they just want to see out of the 200 people that live here how many people wouldnt pay attention and just pay the thing. Thanks reddit!Edit 1. I noticed someone talking about renters rights group. This is in Missouri if that makes any difference.  <response>: If its not on the lease then you dont have to worry about it. The same thing happened to me at my last apartment complex where it was bought out midway through a one year lease, and I let them know that the rule they tried to impose was on their lease, not the one I signed with the previous owners.I think if you go there in person, show them your lease states nowhere an auto payment is required, they dont have any ground to stand in. 