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Originally Posted by Jersey 2.0
Uh, that sucks, royally, I’m sorry. If you are in good standing with her and have been a good tenant then I am wondering why she won’t just take the 2 months rent and find someone especially since she’s a little more confident that it will be rented if it’s empty. But, I get that she doesn’t want to be stuck with it and you did sign a contract. I wish she could cut you the break, though. Ugh.
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No, the tale gets murkier.
She just decided that the rent for whoever will come in next should be $$ more per month.
That just pissed me off -- I asked her about it and she's given me some lame excuse that it's what she'd advertised it for before my lease ended (which is only supposed to end next year... so...).
Long story short -- I've looked up the state laws some and this is pissing me off enough (not the money per se but the principle of the frickin' thing i.e., I hate people trying to pull a fast one over me) that I'm going to chat with a lawyer next week.
From what I'm reading though, the law states that she's obligated to make reasonable efforts to find someone else and even if she can't and tries to hold me responsible for the whole year-long remaining lease, I can refuse. And, if she drags me to court, it'll be small-claims court where my liability is limited to a far smaller $ amount than what I'd pay through the end of the lease.
Now I know way more than I thought I ever would about rental laws and really could've done better things with my Friday night.