April 30th, 2010
We need to break apt lease short. The owner/realtor says I need to pay for his property taxes. Is this legal?
We need to relocate out of state for school, therefore, we need to cut my lease short to 6 month. It was 9. The owner, who’s also a realtor, says that since we’re breaking the lease before 7 months we need to pay for a fraction of his property taxes.
He says that if we get it rented he might not keep our deposit. The problem is that he wants to rent it for more… out of the real market range.
Does this make any sense??? Is it legal?
Am I protected in some kind of way? Can I just leave the apt? what would happen legally or technically if I do? Help!
I read the contract. It states that if we damage the property or leave before the lease agreement, then we loose the deposit. At this point that is the lest of my worries. We do care but there is nothing we can do. We are concerned about any other penalty. The contract does not state what happens if we leave before the agreement time besides losing the deposit. Is this good?
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Ive never herd of anyone having to pay the taxes for breaking a lease. Thats crazy. He should be only allowed to keep your deposit. Check your contract and if it says nothing about payiny taxes for breaking early then you dont have to. Thats your right. You diddn’t sign on for that and i would tell him that. if he keeps insisting you have to tell him your calling a lawyer. you can just leave but he will keep the deposit.
good luck