we are buying a house. our lease isn't up until january 2008. our landlord says he will let us out of the lease IF we find someone else to rent our house. so, if we do that, do we get our deposit back? and can he continue to charge us rent? and if we cannot find someone to rent it, what happens then? is it even our responsibility to find a new renter? we gave our 30 day notice almost 2 weeks ago and he is not advertising this house for rent. so it seems he is leaving it totally up to us. please don't answer if you haven't a clue.
2007-04-08 16:35:33 · 5 answers · asked by heather l 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
douche bag, what the hell does that have to do with my question?
2007-04-08 16:41:33 · update #1
when the landlord gave us our copy of the lease, he gave us 2 copies of page one, which mainly deals with pets. so i have no clue what it says about breaking the lease. i know, we should ask for the other page. but you have to know our landlord, he'd say no, or ask why did we wait almost 2 years to get it. and it would not be the same thing we signed i'm sure. our landlord sues everyone but we rented from him once before and got our deposit back even when everyone told us we were crazy to even bother cleaning.
2007-04-08 16:55:45 · update #2
According to the law in most states, if you don't find a renter, he gets a certain amount of time to try and "mitigate" his damages. That means he would HAVE to find someone as you will probably will not be forced to pay the entire lease.
Find a renter and save yourself the headache. Run an ad in the paper, find someone, check their references (other landlords, bosses, etc) and collect a deposit from them.
Good luck
2007-04-08 17:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by Gem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you have a written lease. You agreed to rent this home for lats just say 2 years. You've lived there for one year. Legally you must pay the other years rent whether you stay there or not. If you do not want to pay the rent then yes it is your responsibility to find a new tenant. The landlord is being being generous in that aspect. You may only get your deposit back if you pay the last months rent and the new tenant begins paying rent the very next month so that the landlord does not lose any money.
2007-04-08 16:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica V 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He can hold you on the lease for the entire term, that's the point if the lease. If you get a renter then they become a sub leaser on your lease, so you are still held responsible, like a cosigner. He isn't advertising because he knows he has you were he wants you, he gets his rent either way. Good luck
2007-04-08 16:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you get a renter , he has to let you out of the lease, if you don't get a renter ,you pay the rent til he gets a renter, then he has to let you out the the lease. either way you get your deposit back. Get every thing in writing
2007-04-08 16:42:21 · answer #4 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be a section in your lease about any fees etc... that you would have to pay upon breaking your lease. Without knowing what is in there its hard to help you out, but if you want to post any information in regards to that it would be helpful
2007-04-08 16:40:42 · answer #5 · answered by justme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋