How to get out of a lease?

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Posted By: anonymous	MD	Renter Q & A
Recent Advice By: (scroll down to see reply) Richard \| Landlord Richard \| Landlord Got advice? Respond to this post Need more advice? Post new question Related posts: already posted but wanted to add email addy. I wantd to add my email address to former post... Brobdingnagian list tell on Greetings from California! I’m bored to tears at work so... harrasment? Hello, just a quick question. On 2 separate occasions, my... Grandfathering and Preferential Treatment I have now lived in 3 apartment complexes and been... Sublet laws & Landlord problems Hi- I am subletting a room in a 3 bed,... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. Our lease expires May 1st, 2010. We are looking at buying a home and are wondering if there are any options for getting out of the lease 2 months early. The landlord has placed the house on the market just in the past two weeks and just informed us that they are raising the rent as of May 1st, 2010. There was a verbal agreement made with the landlord having to do with flexibility of lease terms ending early due to personal opportunities. Any thoughts? Originally posted 2010-01-11 19:43:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Related posts: already posted but wanted to add email addy. I wantd to add my email address to former post... Brobdingnagian list tell on Greetings from California! I’m bored to tears at work so... harrasment? Hello, just a quick question. On 2 separate occasions, my... Grandfathering and Preferential Treatment I have now lived in 3 apartment complexes and been... Sublet laws & Landlord problems Hi- I am subletting a room in a 3 bed,... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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2 Responses to “How to get out of a lease?”

January 22nd, 2010 1:54 am

Reply From: Richard

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The better solution may be to ask the landlord about ending the lease without penalty, as long as you can help market and find a prospect to rent the unit. You wouldn’t need to spend too much money. Just throw on a nice listing on craigslist and see the prospects start coming in. I would think that as long as you could find another qualified tenant for him that he would be willing to work with your situation.

January 22nd, 2010 1:56 am

Reply From: Richard

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I was going to mention that even though verbal agreement mean nothing, legally, you could still hold it over your landlords head. Politely remind him about the verbal agreement and ask him to answer what did you mean when you told me that you were wiling to flexible with the lease terms?
You will get a lot further by getting him to tell you vs you trying to tell or remind him.

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