OT: How to handle my current lease if by chance I close this month?

[abell]

Legal ways to break your lease and not have to pay the remainder of it:
1. Figure out something in your place makes the place uninhabitable (but considering you’ve been there a long time, unless something recently broke and wasn’t fixed, that may not be a valid option). A list of uninhabitable things and other ways to want your landlord to get you out is at this site:

http://www.caltenantlaw.com/breaklease.htm

2. Find a new renter for the month of January (talk to your landlord about it, figure out what the rent will be and if it will be transfer of the current lease or if it will be a new one, then post it on Criaglist, the San Diego Reader, UT, and start showing the place). You will still probably have to pay some turnover fees, but it shouldn’t be a whole months rent (assuming you find someone that had decent credit and the landlord approves).

I am not a lawyer, I am a renter and have taken over someone else’s lease.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

December/January are extremely slow months in the rental market. I don’t think this unit would be easy to prep and fill in time for a Jan 1 move-in.
You can ask to get out of your lease, but if the landlord does not fill the unit, you are liable for that month.

Subleasing for one month does not seem worth the hassle. But, if you are anywhere near the beach or attractions, you couyld consider renting it out to an out-of-town family member or friend for a week or two around the holidays.

If you close in December your first mortgage payment will be due on Feb 1, so you shouldn’t have any real cash flow problems (but I do understand the desire to save a month’s rent).

Consider yourself lucky that you don’t have to move to an interim place between your current rental and your new home. We’ve had to do that in the past and would gladly have forked over an extra month’s rent to avoid the hassle and extra costs of doing it that way.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

December/January are extremely slow months in the rental market. I don’t think this unit would be easy to prep and fill in time for a Jan 1 move-in.
You can ask to get out of your lease, but if the landlord does not fill the unit, you are liable for that month.

Subleasing for one month does not seem worth the hassle. But, if you are anywhere near the beach or attractions, you couyld consider renting it out to an out-of-town family member or friend for a week or two around the holidays.

If you close in December your first mortgage payment will be due on Feb 1, so you shouldn’t have any real cash flow problems (but I do understand the desire to save a month’s rent).

Consider yourself lucky that you don’t have to move to an interim place between your current rental and your new home. We’ve had to do that in the past and would gladly have forked over an extra month’s rent to avoid the hassle and extra costs of doing it that way.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

December/January are extremely slow months in the rental market. I don’t think this unit would be easy to prep and fill in time for a Jan 1 move-in.
You can ask to get out of your lease, but if the landlord does not fill the unit, you are liable for that month.

Subleasing for one month does not seem worth the hassle. But, if you are anywhere near the beach or attractions, you couyld consider renting it out to an out-of-town family member or friend for a week or two around the holidays.

If you close in December your first mortgage payment will be due on Feb 1, so you shouldn’t have any real cash flow problems (but I do understand the desire to save a month’s rent).

Consider yourself lucky that you don’t have to move to an interim place between your current rental and your new home. We’ve had to do that in the past and would gladly have forked over an extra month’s rent to avoid the hassle and extra costs of doing it that way.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

December/January are extremely slow months in the rental market. I don’t think this unit would be easy to prep and fill in time for a Jan 1 move-in.
You can ask to get out of your lease, but if the landlord does not fill the unit, you are liable for that month.

Subleasing for one month does not seem worth the hassle. But, if you are anywhere near the beach or attractions, you couyld consider renting it out to an out-of-town family member or friend for a week or two around the holidays.

If you close in December your first mortgage payment will be due on Feb 1, so you shouldn’t have any real cash flow problems (but I do understand the desire to save a month’s rent).

Consider yourself lucky that you don’t have to move to an interim place between your current rental and your new home. We’ve had to do that in the past and would gladly have forked over an extra month’s rent to avoid the hassle and extra costs of doing it that way.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

December/January are extremely slow months in the rental market. I don’t think this unit would be easy to prep and fill in time for a Jan 1 move-in.
You can ask to get out of your lease, but if the landlord does not fill the unit, you are liable for that month.

Subleasing for one month does not seem worth the hassle. But, if you are anywhere near the beach or attractions, you couyld consider renting it out to an out-of-town family member or friend for a week or two around the holidays.

If you close in December your first mortgage payment will be due on Feb 1, so you shouldn’t have any real cash flow problems (but I do understand the desire to save a month’s rent).

Consider yourself lucky that you don’t have to move to an interim place between your current rental and your new home. We’ve had to do that in the past and would gladly have forked over an extra month’s rent to avoid the hassle and extra costs of doing it that way.

[jpinpb]

Moving around the holidays? I agree w/the others. Pay for the month. Take your time moving. It can be stressful. Don’t rush it. It’s only a couple of weeks, right?

[jpinpb]

Moving around the holidays? I agree w/the others. Pay for the month. Take your time moving. It can be stressful. Don’t rush it. It’s only a couple of weeks, right?

[jpinpb]

Moving around the holidays? I agree w/the others. Pay for the month. Take your time moving. It can be stressful. Don’t rush it. It’s only a couple of weeks, right?

[jpinpb]

Moving around the holidays? I agree w/the others. Pay for the month. Take your time moving. It can be stressful. Don’t rush it. It’s only a couple of weeks, right?

[jpinpb]

Moving around the holidays? I agree w/the others. Pay for the month. Take your time moving. It can be stressful. Don’t rush it. It’s only a couple of weeks, right?

[SD Transplant]

Thanks for the advice. It pretty much confirms what I’ve expected. I also plan to paint & do some minor upgrades (all contingent upon closing)

[SD Transplant]

Thanks for the advice. It pretty much confirms what I’ve expected. I also plan to paint & do some minor upgrades (all contingent upon closing)

[SD Transplant]

Thanks for the advice. It pretty much confirms what I’ve expected. I also plan to paint & do some minor upgrades (all contingent upon closing)

[SD Transplant]

Thanks for the advice. It pretty much confirms what I’ve expected. I also plan to paint & do some minor upgrades (all contingent upon closing)

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