<prompt> Human: I just saw the post about paying your rent in advance to save money. Never do this. Heres my story. We rented an office for a company I owned. We were moving out of my apartment office to something that would accommodate more than two people. Everything was fine, so I decided to pay the lease in advance before the end of the tax season. I paid the rest of the one year lease, about five months. Soon as I did this our internet died. Our lease included high speed internet. Property owner refused to fix internet. After a month we had to move. I asked for a reimbursement for the advanced lease payment. They refused, even though they admitted to breaking the leasing agreement. I had to get a lawyer and sue them. Luckily, they settled out of court and we got the money back, but it still cost me one hell of a headache and lawyer fees. The lawyer told me never ever do that again. Lesson learned.EDIT: I just wanted to add that you should never trust a lessor, ever. Whether they are family, friend or respected member of your community. Thats why you have a lease to protect you. They could be good people and suddenly put in a bad situation. For instance, you pay 6 mos of your lease upfront. The plumbing breaks. Lessor is out of money and cant repair. You have to move. Guess who gets screwed out of 6 mos advanced rent? TL:DR Never trust the your property owner. If you pay the lease upfront you give up leverage.  <response>: All kinds of alarm bells went off for me when I read that post. Tons of ways that could totally go wrong without completely renegotiating your lease agreement. 