How to break a lease? | Rental Advice Forum

Posted By: nashtn
Sunday, December 12th, 2010 11:56 pm
How to break a lease?
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Recent Advice By: (scroll down to see reply) Anonymous \| Landlord Got advice? Respond to this post Need more advice? Post new question Related posts: Attacks/break-ins/attempted rape – can we break lease? Did our Landlord break our lease? Can I break my lease because of my neighbour’s harassment? Break the lease based on lies and neglect Help I’m trying to break a lease due to hardship! How can i break lease on a rental house in Nashville TN. Told landlord that i will be moving out end of july. The lease does not expire till end september. The last months rent had been paid in advance as security deposit. Offered to help find new tennents, but lanlord wanted to find tennent himsellf, landlord lives out of state and has not found anyone yet. He now wants Augusts rent too. Originally posted 2008-07-28 10:42:41.

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Anonymous

July 28th, 2008 4:14 pm

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The only way to break a lease without penalty, is by proving that the landlord violated the agreement. This can be difficult to do since it clearly sounds as though you are at fault. Just because you want to move, doesn’t really give you right to get out of the agreement.

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