Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia

An accurate answer to your question is outside the scope of this forum. Your options will emerge after you employ an attorney to examine all relevant documents. Good Luck!

Recourse for what? We don't have your lease, but does it provide that the landlord is prohibited from marketing the property without your knowledge or consent? That would not be a normal provision. As far as paying rent, on what basis would you stop paying rent? What is the landlord supposed to be doing in the lease that he is not doing? Not paying rent would certainly mean you would be breaching the lease. The bottom line is that while you are justified in being diligent, you posted nothing to indicate the landlord is doing anything improper or in breach of your lease (which we obviously do not have). You can certainly hire a lawyer to read your lease and many will be glad to do it, but you can do it yourself. As far as the deposit, that depends on the lease, whether it was held in a separate account and the general financial condition of the landlord. That was the risk accepted when it was given and the lease signed. From your post, you likely don't have a right to get it back at this point and not paying rent would guarantee you would not get it back.

The lease, including your rights and obligations, would continue with the owner of the property as landlord.

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