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Question on breaking a lease early
My husband and I have been renting from the same landlord for almost 5 years and have always been on a year lease. Things have come up and we are not financially able to pay our rent any longer and we still have 4 months left in our lease. We have not been able to pay our rent on time for a few months but we have been paying it in 2 payments every month and they have been accepting it. This month we got a notice on our door to vacate in 3 days, which we didn’t after I called the office and told them of our situiation and that we will have to break our lease. We are writing a letter to the landlord to give our 30 day notice and I will be sending it via certified mail in the morning since they didn’t seem real cooperative over the phone.
Here are some things I am wondering about:
#1: They have let a lot of people out of their leases early and didn’t make them pay any of the remainder months on their lease. I have been in contact with at least 3 of those people (there are more than that) and they are all willing to write letters for me stating that they were let out with no further responsibilities. If the landlord wanted to take me to court and get the remainder of our rental fees will this be enough to get out of paying him?
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