Re: Breaking Lease - Landlord Forum thread 347783

Re: Breaking Lease by Karen (Florida) on August 31, 2016 @17:32

1. If a tenant breaks his lease, he can be held responsible for the cost of releasing (advertising, agents, etc.) AND rent until the property can be released. And you, as the landlord have to make a good faith effort to get the place rented. That's the law here in Florida.
2. This is a great opportunity for you to do some negotiation for a "settlement" and prepare a mutual lease termination agreement. You can build in lots of responsibilities for releasing and their cooperation.
3. In my book there is no such thing as "notice" to break a lease. It isn't broken until they are gone. It must be properly terminated or they owe rent until they are clearly GONE and the home/apt can be rented to someone else and/or the lease expires.
4. It's good you have it in writing from the tenant, but it could be a slippery slope if they change their mind.

Just my 2 cents.

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