and write what we agreed on in hand writing. After i signed the lease and sent it back to him. He changed his mind about one of the crossed out sections. Is this lease valid and can he use it against me

I was served with papers to appear in Small claims court for back-owed rent on a former apartment. The property manager/owner is only suing me for this. When the lease was signed by my former boyfriend and myself. Can she legally only take me to court for this, and not him too?

If I were to purchase a gym franchise, would the owner of the franchise ever consider buying land and building property, then leasing it back to me as the new franchisee? For example: there are no suitable venues for a new gym in the suburb i wish to start one, and it would be too expensive for me as a first time business owner to buy land and build, so do franchise owners ever buy property, build the venue then lease back to the franchisee??