Is there any way to get out of a year lease when you are 1 month in?

Question

for an apartment.

Answer 1

Get someone else to assume the lease. ~

Answer 2

Two possibilities:

1) some apartments have a buy out ability..for example with my apartment, I can get out of a lease by paying two months rent

2) see if you can make a deal with your landlord: you find someone to replace you and you can leave (try craigslist for that)

Otherwise it is a legal and binding document so you cannot forfeit on it.

good luck

Answer 3

No. Other options if permited are subleasing. Or find out if you can find someone to replace you in the apartment to finish of the term of the lease without penalty.

Broman

Answer 4

If you are allowed to sublet under the terms of the lease, you can try that avenue. If you are not allowed, you are stuck legally for another eleven months, unless the landlord breaches the terms of the lease or health/safety codes.

Answer 5

I own an Apartment Complex, there are times in everyone's lives that unexpected thing occure. You did not state your reason for wanting to leave. Assuming it is one of loss of job, need to move out of the area, etc etc., if you came and told me your situation, I would probably let you out of the lease IF you cleaned the place immaculately etc. And I mean immaculate, you know like it was when you moved in (my apartments are immaculate when I rent them)

See why would I want someone living there that did not want to be there? People in such situations tend to abuse the property, be lousy neighbors etc. Some find it funny but someone who comes to me with just a 'I dont like it here...whiney, bitchy etc.) I help them move! Who in their right mind would want to live around such a person and anyone who would LIE to get out of the contract is equally somone who no decent person would want to associate with anyway.

(Strangely my complex is filled with people who love living here, hardly ever have a vacancy and have a long list of people who live elsewhere who hope someday to get a place here.... HMMM!! LOL... it works.)

Try honesty, it sometimes works quite well.
DD