How do you get out of a lease?

Answer 1

The best way to get out of a lease is put it in writing to your landlord. you need to give at least 4 weeks notice that you intend to leave. You need to agree to keep the house in excelent condition for that time to entice potential tennants and even offering to help look for new tennants can be good.

You need to understand that the owner will usually be charged 1 weeks rent (if they have the property managed) to find, check and place new tennants whether you find them or not.

things that you can do are: 1. offer to pay for the advertisements in the local paper until a suitable tennant is found. 2. offer to keep the place in immaculate condition at all times so that any prospective tennants can look at the place. 3. Offer to leave the property 48hrs after they have found a suitable tennant.

These things don't guarantee that you will get out with you bond but they do show that you are trying to be a good tennant and are doing something to help them.

Answer 2

A tenant who leaves before a lease expires is responsible for paying the rent for the rest of the lease. However, the landlord must make an effort to re-rent the unit at a reasonable price. If this is not done, the tenant may not be liable for rent beyond a reasonable period of time.

In most states, a notice of intent to vacate actually shifts the burden to the landlord to attempt to rerent the apartment. Generally, if the landlord rerents the apartment for what you paid or for more, your liability for rent ends at that point. If the landlord receives no notice of your intent to move out, the landlord generally does not have this burden until much later. All during that time, you are incurring liability for unpaid rent.

First and foremost, you need to get some legal advice tailored to your individual situation and lease contract. If you don’t have or can’t afford your own lawyer, get in touch with your local legal aid office and contact tenants’ rights organizations. Attorneys can be expensive, but being sued by your landlord for breaking your lease could be much more costly. If you don’t want to pay the rest of the rent that you’ve committed to shell out by signing the lease, you’d better get some sound advice so you don’t end up paying more than you had to in assorted late fees or other conditions stated in obscure parts of your lease. Tenants’ rights organizations are experienced in representing tenants who want to break their lease, and they’ve likely seen almost every situation imaginable—as well as a good number of pretty unimaginable situations.

Good luck to you.