How to terminate lease early?

By Tenant

When we talk about lease agreement, we often refer it as the contract signed between two parties that involve a tenant and a landlord.  A lease agreement is a binding contract and can be used in court. However there are also some instances wherein a tenant would want to break their lease before it even expires. Here are some tips and instructions on how to break lease early:

• Check your state laws. First of all you must have a background of your landlord tenant laws in your state. You need to know what your local state say about the causes and consequences if you terminate your lease early.  This is a very important thing to do because whatever your lease states that conflicts with the landlord tenant law in your local state, the local law will and can govern the situation thus making your lease null and void.
• Review your lease agreement. After checking your state laws, you need to take a look into your lease agreement signed. Your lease may contain many clauses with regards to termination of lease i.e. consequences of lease termination and sometimes it even states having to pay or “liquidation damages”.  These “liquidation damages” are damages that the landlord will assert as a result to the apartment being empty due to the tenant moving before his lease expires.
• Reason for termination of lease. The reason of you moving early is very important in determining on how much security deposit you can get back and if you owe your landlord any additional money. For example the reason you are terminating your lease early is because the apartment you are renting is classified as uninhabitable, thus in which case you can terminate your lease for constructive eviction wherein the landlord is responsible to provide you with compensation in the expense of you moving out and finding a new place to live.

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