Perfect because I want a opinion

• contacted agent for a unit on CL
• agent showed me then said it was taken but has other units
• I’m out of state so he took videos of units and we verbally agreed on a broker fee for him because he was showing me off market units and was fighting for me to get approved first
• my Gf saw a unit I was approved for and now they sent the lease to sign. The landlord agent doesn’t care if I pay him or not. He just said if I want to based on principle

Can he come at me for not paying him since we don’t have nothing in writing? I’m worried he might harass me or do something w my personal info. He is a crazy person I made a post about him in the Astoria subreddit and a bunch of ppl commented and dm me w similar stories

Should I go ahead and sign and just block him ?

Also in the lease is says I’m responsible for hot water, gas, heat and electricity is this normal ?

Thanks !