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I am about to buy a home, can I break my current rental agreement?

Hello all, thanks for reading/answering. I currently live in a small apartment in Palm Beach County, Florida. I have 6 months left on my second lease with an apartment complex. My husband and I are about to buy a home, and are strapped for cash. We paid a deposit when moving into our apartment. Is there any way that we can break our lease with our apartment complex because we are buying a home? I am Ok with losing our deposit, but I don’t want to have to pay any more. Are there any legal steps we can take to not have to pay the 2 months rent that they want if we break the lease?

I would check on your leasing/rental contract. Most have clauses that will let the renter out of a lease if they have proof they are moving because of a new job/job transfer, certain family tragedies, etc. There may also be a written 30-day notice clause where you can give a written 30-day notice to inform them of breaking the lease, but I am pretty sure you would still have to pay for the those thirty days and the month before/after. If you are just moving to be moving, then you probably won’t be able to get out of the lease. The same thing happened to me and my wife about 4 years ago. We moved out of the apartment and into our new house with about 2 months left on our lease. Luckily, we had a rental office that was willing to work with us, and we ended up having to pay only one month and a carpet cleaning bill.
You may also wish to consider sub-letting your apartment to a trustworthy friend. I know the rental office won’t care who is paying them as long as they are getting paid. Good luck!

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