OMG I will literally die if I can't watch [A24 movie that just released a trailer] right now.

Or the this as a question. What amazing movie do you never want to watch again? Like 4 times a week.

I was wondering about people who change their name when getting married or divorced. Seems like that would be a much larger demographic subject to the same issue.

Is it to them, or to a separate broker? It could be that they have an exclusive agreement with a broker, so that even if they didn't help with a particular tenant they're required to pay. I don't think there's anything wrong with asking this question to the landlord.

Based on the information you've provided (i.e. the word "resigning"), it sounds like you don't have a lease after August 1 as it stands. Unless written in the lease, there is not a requirement to renew a lease at the end of a term. Your landlord is saying they will renew your lease if you tell them by April 1 that you want to do that. If you're not going to renew, they presumably start looking for new tenants and are giving themselves a ton of time to do that. It definitely puts you in a tough situation, but from what you've said I'm not aware of anything that makes their request illegal.

They're inversely common to the number of cats you have.