Can we break a rental contract for the reason of buying a new home and relocating from job in California?
478340
it really depends on your lease, mine has a job transfer clasue, yours might too.  or keep your fingers crossed your landlords are nice people.
993214
Hopefully the Company will offer a 'house hunting/look over the city' trip for you and your husband.  Go to the chamber of commerce site for that city or the closest major city.  Check crime rate, schools and cost of living comparisons.  When you do relocate (if you presently own you home) rent for at least 6 months. Hopefully the new company will pay closing costs on the new house, or some moving allowance, in addition to the cost of the movers. Look at the move as an adventure.  Think of all the new friends you will make and all of the new things you can do in that state.
1007977
I would have thought that the landlord would evict you before that... maybe CA is different. Pay the rent asap.
419203
We qualify people all the time with the old home "retained as a rental."  You can use market rent for your area to offset the mortgage on the existing home to keep your ratios down.  You are running the risk that you will end up responsible for two mortgage payments if you can't sell your current home quickly enough.  In my area, that's not a problem because the market is hot (that's why no seller will accept a buyer's offer if it's contingent on selling the current residence... there are so many buyers out there that they don't have to.)
959343
Hi,\n\nYou had the option of staying in the house until your lease was up. When the old LL sold the house, he was to turn over the lease and deposit to the new LL. The new LL has to honor the lease. Now if the new landlord and you made arrangements to leave the property, the new LL has 21 days to return your deposit, minus any deductions over normal wear and tear. If after 21 days, you have not received a check or an itemized list of deductions, you need to take the new LL to small claims to get your deposit. The laws that pertain to this are in the California Civil Code section. Do a search for "California Civil Code" and within the site, do a search on "deposit".\n\nFeel free to e-mail me any questions you might have.\n\nRegards
1000728
I never heard of that.  When you sell a property and the tenants have a lease, the lease is a legal contract and cannot be terminated until the ending date.  Unless the tenant has not followed all the rules of the lease, like not paying rent or destroying property then the contract is legally binding to anyone who buys that property.  I suggest you read your lease over again.
980225
Get a lawyer's advice. Better to break the lease than lose everything.
584228
a landlord can do pretty much as the please if they put it in the lease and you sign it. did you lie on the application?? that would be grounds for you getting kicked out...
811678
If you have already signed the lease you can't get out of it without penalty.  Breaking a lease usually means you have to pay the rent for all the months included in the lease.  Now, if you are buying a home or are transfered by your job, usually they will charge you at least one month's rent.  Good luck with that.
926374
one of a few ways..but I know one works\nyou have to have proof your moving out of their operating area, so as you can see, they can not serve you, so the contract has to be broken....this works...\n\ntell them you lost your job and you AVE to cut back on ALL things....period..no money to pay..\n\ngood luck\nsmile
163649
a.  No one can stop you from moving, and the sooner you do the better.  If you stay longer than you must, you will have a continuing dispute over future months.  What's at risk now is your security deposit, which you will have to fight for.\nb.  It's confusing how you state someone else is authorizing your payment.\nc.  I am assumig the orginal term for your lease is up, and the part of the agreement you cite is the relevant part.  That you did not provide 30 days written notice makes you in the wrong here, and is what puts your security deposit at risk...assuming there is one...for the March rent.
139122
There isn't specifically a "tax break" for a first time homeowner.  You do get to deduct your mortgage interest.  As far as moving, if you pass the checklist of questions, you should be able to deduct the specific items that the IRS will allow, i.e. mileage, and moving expenses if it was for your job.
356887
Yes.  If you can prove that the repairs make the home unlivable than you can try to make a case for the landlord to put you in another unit of equal or greater value until the repairs are finished.
983427
You should talk to your landlord about the possiblility of re-renting your unit yourself and getting out of your lease. I don't think you can add that money to your mortgage.
643159
Yes, If you chose to move out legally you would be able to unless there is a clause in your contract or mortgage that states that you must reside in the property for a certain amount of time
823224
I assume that you mean that the company you work for is relocating you and paying these items. If so, any allowable moving expense they pay would not be income to you. These are generally direct moving expenses such as fees for a moving company, transporting the family etc.\nThose items that are no direct moving expenses such as the Realtor commission on the sale would be taxable to you. This isn't as good as not having it taxable but you still end up with about 60% to 70% of these fees in your pocket. You wouldn't have anything if you had to pay it yourself.
1119761
My dad discovered some small print a few years back where they couldn't charge the redemption fee if you're remortgaging with the same company (not sure if it applies to all companies however) - it pays to read the terms and conditions very thoroughly for any loopholes there are because these firms never advertise anything that will lose them money... it may even take 3 or 4 nuisance phone calls to make them change their minds.. persistence is the key!  Keep complaining and you'll get anything just so they can get rid of you!