50..............

This is what a friend of mine did and it worked. LOL. He shaved his head and stayed out of the sun for a few weeks. He was pretty pale already. He sent an email to the leasing company saying he had cancer and he was going to be hospitalized for a while and when he was out of hospital he wanted to be at his parents so they could care for him as he would not be able to look after himself. In his letter he stated that he would be happy to have his doctor contact them should they wish to speak with him. He also said he would waive his right to getting his deposit back if in the kindness of their hearts they could excuse him from his lease.

He didn't hear back in a day so he went by the office wearing a cap and as he went in to talk to the leasing agent he politely removed his cap and asked what the status of his request was. Well, they felt so bad for him they even said he could have his deposit back and never asked to talk to his doctor.

Shitty thing to do but it did work. Only problem is if you have already asked to get out of your lease it won't work for you.

In my personal situation my wife and I started looking for a house when there was about 5 months left on our lease.
I'd heard people say that it took them a year to find a house that they liked and was in their price range, so we just started kicking tires.

Well the right price and mortgage offer came along and we couldn't pass it up. Neither of us expected it to happen so quickly, but if I waited 4 months until my lease was up then mortgage rates would be significantly higher, plus the house we wanted would have been sold.....so we had to break the lease.

I told him 45 days before we moved that we were leaving, I paid on the 1st a full month's rent....and left on the 13th....plus he keeps the security deposit and the pet deposit.
If he tries to sue me I will show up in court with my copy of the lease with errors on it. (If he wins he wins, but it won't be a default judgement)

I could never do that, but it is a good story :thumbsup

I agree with ya, my main concern as a landlord is for people to pay the rent and to not trash the place. If someone wants out of the lease I wouldnt even think twice about it and usually I'll even return their deposit. But thats me, anytime you're dealing with a company its usually not that way.

5k? goddamn, how much you paying per month in rent

1280 per month plus utilities

I believe your responsible for paying them rent until they find someone to take the apartment. Your also responsible for the expenses to advertise and prepare the apartment. Chances are, if you just walk out and pay nothing your going to piss of the landlord and he will make sure your credit gets hit and he could try to garnish your wages.

I have seem to come off as the total dick in this thread and so be it. When it comes to being a landlord you get highly sinical from dealing with so many people who actually look for ways to screw you.
It is easy being on the rentors side of the fence. The laws are weighed in your favor, there are organizations and authors who make millions a year explaining to people on how to screw your landlord.
On my side what I have is some property that say is worth 200,000.00 and I will let someone who possibly has little to no respect for what it cost me use this property with a 1000.00 deposit, a credit check, and some paperwork. In case your doing the math that would be .05% security. Anyone out there wish to let me borrow that from you with those terms? By the way you can not descrimate, if I am qualified you must give it to me.

A lease is a contract between the parties envolved and it most importantly controlls your rents for a given period of time, often renewable at a fixed rate.
Now if I flip that scenerio and a couple months in to it property values skyrocket and rents around the city raise on average 50% and shows promise of raising at a rate of 15-25% a year there after. Now you the renter has no desire to move, and there is jack shit I can legally do to raise your rents on that lets say 4 year lease you signed with an option to renew for another 4 at no more than a 15% increase. As you can see in that sample it is very easy for a lessor to get royally screwed as well.

I am a good landlord, a fair landlord, and a very prepared one. I will work with people if they have issues that are reasonable and helpfull to both of us. Though like it or not, this is a business and I run it as one. I am 12.5 to .5 in every case that has been to court and I have collected on average 85% of every dime. Had one case where a given judge felt my damages were not as costly as listed, which I quickly fixed with a pre-listed costs page that is now included in the rental documents.

personal experience...
The apt. I moved into had major code violations. I sent certified notice to my landlord, and took pictures of the violations. A month later the violations were not touched. I took pics again and moved out due to the unsafe living conditions. I also sent them certified mail with my lawyers number on it a week before I moved and stated if they wanted to dispute my lease contract any dealings were to go through him. I never heard from them again.
The people in the apt below me in the same complex just moved out..gave them no notice or anything. I talked to them recently (about a year later) They got sued for the entire amt of their lease and lost in court.
My advice is whatever you decide to do let your landlord KNOW via certified mail and get everything on paper. Most private landlords are decent people and will work with you anyway; especially knowing you just bought a house.

As a landlord i always try to work with my tenants if they have a problem, my last tenants to move told me they were looking to buy a house and wanted to know if they could get out of their lease. I told them sure as long as the apartment is rented i have no problem letting them out of their lease. If you approch the landlord and explain the situation and help find a new tenant there should be no problem. I had a tenant run out on me and refuse to pay the rent or honor the lease, so i dragged him into court, got a judgement against him, garnished his wages, had county officers server him at his work and basically made his life hell. Dont fuck your landlord, we can be scumbags if our money is fucked with (i know i am if you fuck with my money)

Work with them most landlords were renters once and understand