How can I get out of my lease without having to pay 2 months in advance?
612756
Read the small print where it indicates what options or reasons that may arise to allow to opt out of your lease.  Also is the lease legal? There may be parts of it that may not be legal.  Is there rent control in your area? In rent control areas, some Cities require leases to have only a 30 day termination notice.\n\nRemember a leases works both ways, how would you fell if the landlord / manager wanted you out soon after you moved in?
924560
YOU ARE IN A PICKLE.\n\nCONTACT OWNER AND SEE WHAT IS UP.. THAT IS YOUR ONLY RESOURCE AT PRESENT.\nMUST OWE SOME MONEY..\n\nTHEY ARE SUPPOSE TO GIVE NOTICE UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD VERBALLY.....AND BEHIND OFTEN IN RENT...
1121871
You could:\n1. Pay the rent and hope they let you stay\n2. Spend the money on a lawyer and maybe get an extra month on a technicality. You will still owe them the rent and you will have spent it on the lawyer\n3. Move
954771
Feel for you bud. About the only thing you can do is find yourself a hotel/motel room and sue your landlord for those costs as well as your paid rent. May take you a couple of weeks and then the landlord has 30 days to appeal but if you can prove what you say, they will be responsible.
556882
You are legally bound to that contract.  Talk with your landlord.  They may keep your deposit as well as re-rent fees, etc and rent until they are able to rent it again.  Check your lease on penalties.  If they wanted to be a jerk, they could hold to to the full term of the lease.  Offer to help find a new tenant, pay to advertise it.  Work with them to get it re-rented and they will probably let you out of the contract.\nGood Luck.
629018
If you have a one year lease there is no way to get out of it. Most leases do not allow you to sublet. You can ask your manager if they might let you sublet. Then you would have to work out the security deposit with the person that sublets it from you.\n\nIf you break your lease and move out, you will lose your deposit plus pay the rent until it is rerented. They will also charge you for any damages to the apt. or house.\n\nThey will take you to small claims court and from there you get reported to the credit bureaus. It will show up bad on your credit report plus the next place you attempt to rent will see it when they do a credit check on you.
1166867
If I were in your shoes I would just get to July 1 and then tell him in writting that you will be moving Aug 1.  Lease or not in most areas you must be give a thirty day eviction notice if he intends to kick you out.  So with 45 days to go just get to July 1 then you are in a thiry day window.
966314
Your landlord doesn't have to budge.  You agreed to pay X dollars and thats that.   They  have the option of either lowering your rent or losing you as a tenant.  From their response, their answer is that they don't mind losing you.\n\nIf you break your lease and move, you will still be responsible for the difference between what they rent it out for and what you were paying for the remainder of your lease.  You will also be responsible for the rent until they find a new tenant.  The have a duty to mitigate their loss by re-renting the unit asap.  \n\nIn other words, if it takes them 1 month to find a tenant, you owe them 1 months rent at your current rate and if the new tenants rent is less than yours, you owe the difference between what they are paying and what you were paying until the time when your lease would have expired.  You may also owe any fees for advertising, etc.\n\nOr your lease may even have a buy-out clause.  You will need to look at it to find out.\n\nSometimes if you explain that you can't afford the rent any more, a landlord will work with you because if it turns into a non-payment matter, they won't be getting any money while they go through the process of evicting you.  \n\nLandlords can and often times will proceed with getting a judgment against you for unpaid rent.  Some landlords just write it off, but more and more landlords are going after ex-tenants for the money.
850409
Just say some thing to the extent of:\n\n\n\n"Date: (Put today's date)\n\nDear Management:\n\nI will be moving out of apartment # (give your apartment number) on (give the date). My forwarding address is: (if you know the address where you will be moving to it is a good idea to include that).\n\nThank You,\n\n(Sign your name)"\n\n\n***** Now the problem I see right now as a property manager is if your lease is up at the end of the month you will not be giving a FULL 30 DAY NOTICE. You will probably be reasponsible until 30 days from the date you have turned in your notice.*****\n\n\nGood Luck
42723
Call the Department of Health. The landlord has probably broken the lease and you can move with your deposit. I would have already moved if it's been since October. That is BS! I have kids mysself and I would not put up with that. I had a mold problem and I told the landlord I can move out because he did not provide aduquite quarters for my family, and I had to pay rent for a bathroom that I didn't even use. Good luck!
689450
A lease is a contract and if they've breached specifics of the contract, you could very well be able to get out of the lease.  If these are just "rules" that are posted (and not specifically part of the lease contract), then you probably would have to wait for the lease to expire.  \n\nSince you say "the lease clearly states that all residents....", the company that is renting the apartment (probably for illegal aliens) seems to be breaking their lease agreement, at the risk of your safety.  You may be able get that company's lease terminated or be allowed out of yours.  \n\nIf you can prove a pattern of the landlord not enforcing provisions of other leases, a judge would probably find in your favor.\n\nMy recommendation would be to contact the local HUD office or a real estate attorney and show them the lease.
1040622
you can always try going to court and talking you way out of it\n\nmy roomates done that a couple times before, it really works :)
951854
You entered into a binding contract. The only way you can get out is to negotiate a settlement of some sort (i.e. pay half).
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.
325595
Try to cut a deal with the landlord.  Maybe find someone to take over the lease.\n\nI did this in Chicago and it worked out fine; I found someone to stay in the apt for the rest of the lease term.  I agreed to split one month with the new tenant, then he paid the rest.  \n\nI "broke" a lease in NYC, mostly b/c the landlord was in serious violation of housing codes, laws, etc.  I tried to be reasonable and deal with the guy, but he would not budge.  I sued him in housing court and left the unit with 3 months on the lease.  He never came after me for the last three months, but he kept my deposit (which he was entitled to do; luckily the rent I withheld was in excess of the deposit, so I came out on top).  Also, he lived outside of the country and coming after me would have been a huge waste of his time.\n\nTry to avoid "breaking" the lease.  It's just a lot of hassle and expense.  Plus, the landlord will keep your deposit, probably charge you for cleaning and repairs, and likely sue.
153527
Go to the RRA... Renters Rights Association. They will handle it! They eat that kinda crap up... I know cuz I have been an apartment manager b4 and the owners where total asses... there was so many things i couldnt do after the tentants were promised things by the owners then went back on em... good luck
16886
Landlord-tenant legislation in the US is governed by state law.  You need to post the state and country that you are talking about because they are all different.  \n\nIF YOU ARE ON A LONG-TERM LEASE:\nIn most states, the landlord is permitted to charge you for the entire lease period, except if the lanlord or an agent of the landlord accepts your move-out notice, which it appears that he did, because he didn't contact you that it was rejected, he advertisted it as available on 12/15, and he accepted your keys.  So, in that case you should be of the hook on the date mentioned in the notice.\n\nIF YOU ARE ON MONTH-TO-MONTH:\nIf you are on a month-to-month lease, most leases&#92;state laws say that that you are required to give at least 20 days written notice prior to the beginning of the next calendar month or the lease renews itself. \n\nSo technically by giving your notice on 11/16 you are freeing yourself from a month-to-month lease as of 1/1.  However if your notice said you would remain 60 days, so the landlord could hold you liable for payment up until 1/15.  If he had your keys on 11/23 and you were on a month to month, I think it's kind of jerky to charge you from 1/1 to 1/15.  \n\nI don't see any way the landlord could collect from you for the period of 1/16-1/31 unless they argue that your notice was improper, or that they did not accept your notice, in which case they should have sent you a letter saying so, shouldn't have taken your keys, and shouldn't have placed an ad in the paper saying that it would be available on 12/15.  \n\nIn short, I think that you would have a tough time PROVING you're not responsible for 1/1 to 1/15, but if you were on a month to month lease you should write a very nice letter asking them not to charge you for this because you moved out in november.\n\nIf they tried to make you pay for 1/15-1/30 you are on pretty solid ground.  They would have a hard time getting a judge to agree you are liable for 1/15-1/30, due to accepting your notice and keys, and the ad in the paper.  So by not paying that I think that the only thing you risk is a bad rental history.\n\nI don't know of any requirement in any state that says the landlord has to advertise or make the apartment available.\n\nPS:  You must verify this with a lawyer before you act on this answer, which is not legal advice.