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    I'm tired of living where I'm living and need to move to be closer to school.

    I've tried talking to my apartment people and there's basically nothing we can work out. If I were to terminate my lease before it ends in July, I would need to give them a 60 day notice as well as continue paying the rent until it is rented out to somebody else. I'm considering just packing my stuff and leaving. What's the worst that could happen in this case? Damage to my credit? Getting sued? Advice please!

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    They can (and, depending on the owner, will) sue you. If it's worth it to you to move and pay out the end of the lease anyways, then do that... but don't give them the benefit of a 60 day notice to rent it out to someone else on top of that. Fuck that. If you're willing to take a risk, you could sublet.
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    I think it could damage your credit pretty bad.

    The first time I lived out on my own in an apartment I was barely making enough to get by. I don't even want to talk about how poor I was. This is before I attended college and I thought I had it all figured out of course. My grandmother offered me a place here (I did live here before I married as well) so of course I accepted. I was just honest and explained to my landlord that I couldn't afford it and needed to move back home so I could go back to school. He let me out of it.

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    They can definitely sue. Your lease is a binding contract. There should be a clause in your lease about breaking it, so dig out your copy and see what it says.

    I broke the lease on my first apartment by agreement. They were cool about it, I just had to pay the next month's rent while they fixed it up and leased it back out again. But they could've been dicks about it if they'd wanted to be. Have you spoken to your landlord or leasing office and told them you're not happy there and you want to leave? They might work with you.

    Edit: Sorry, just reread your post and you spoke to them already. In that case you're fucked and you'll either have to stay or pay the penalty. Why do you want to break the lease? Is it anything you can just live with for a bit longer?

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    The woman I talked to was a bitch, they sound like the kind that would sue. Not the understanding type that I could explain things to and be let off easy. The four more payments that I owe come out to about $5600 and I don't want to pay that much for living in an area that I can't stand. I'm in Dade County, Florida.. which is also the festering shithole known as "Miami". I had to stop going to school because it would take me an hour to drive the ten miles sometimes. But overall I want to move because the people suck. If you've never lived here before, good. But believe me when I tell you it sucks.
    Which leads me to think, is getting sued really that bad? lol.

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    Do NOT get me started on the hassles and stress and everything in re breaking a lease.

    I broke a lease under special circumstances in Feb 2007. I had only just signed it (two days earlier) when I needed to brake it.. and it was under unique special circumstances.

    Anyway, please PLEASE PLEASE take it from me... it is so NOT worth breaking a lease if you don't have any prior agreement in writing in place !!!

    I was "paying" for it both financially and otherwise through-out 2007. The whole drama didn't end til NOVEMBER!

    Stay where you are.. do NOT break the lease if you do not have a written agreement that you are satisfied with in place.

    It will haunt you.

    It is a legally binding document your lease.

    I don't know what your equivalent of a Tenancy Advice Service is.. however find it.. and talk with them to see if there is something you can do about breaking your lease without it hurting you (like it did me).

    Because of that experience you bet your ass I'm never EVER breaking a lease ever again.


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    It can also hinder your chance of renting anywhere else.
    Honestly, I can't imagine it would be worth it for just a couple months.



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    Suing really sucks...you could end up paying a lot more than it would be to just pay your rent until the lease is up (depending on the court, you may have to pay their fees, expenses, etc, on top of the settlement).

    I would say, either suck it up and wait out the 6 months, or, if you can afford it, move out but keep paying th erent.

    They will sue (and really, its a contract, so they would win easily), and it will more time-consuming and financially draining.

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    It's not worth it, they have so many ways to fuck you over. Anyway you cut it, breaking a lease is going to cost huge $$$. The will send a bill for the remaining months on your lease, often with a penalty. If you don't pay they will likely sue. That unpaid huge bill will go on your credit. From then on out, every time you apply for an apartment for the next several years this will pop and and they will insist that you pay a huge deposit for a new place.
    So unless you like paying $700-900 in deposits when others pay $100-300, just stick it out. <---This is what I had to do at my current place. I will never break a lease again unless its an emergency.

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    Your story sounds like mine. I'm stuck here in this hellhole of South Florida (don't get me wrong, it's a great place to visit, but do not move here) until my lease is up in November. I don't really have any advice for you but at least you aren't alone. Maybe you can find someone to take over your lease who is looking to rent and work that out with your landlords?

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    If you can find someone who is guaranteed to take over the lease then go ahead.. break it. Otherwise, do not just pack up and leave hoping it will take care of itself.

    I can empathise. I really can. However whilst I didn't have to pay penalties, just the rent I owed... it fucked me over financially until November.. that is 10 months worth of hassles/drama when I had long moved out and onwards from that situation!!


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    Yeah, a girl I worked with has offered to take over the lease last year, but she flaked on me. That would be so awesome to only have to pay 100-300 dollars to move in somewhere. I paid over 3k including the security for this one. In every sales market in S. FL, the people are fucking sharks. They really hustled me that time, and tied me down with an extra long lease. Too bad I was too foolish to see how they did it until after I moved in. Can't wait to get out of here, I've been toughin it out and it's driving me mad.
    Never again will I make a major purchase from anybody in Miami. These people are ruthless. I've had similar experiences buying cars and checking out schools. If I spend any kind of big money, it's never gonna go to any businesses in Miami. Ever again.

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    You'll have to pay it plus penalty the next time you try to rent or buy a place. Even after you pay it all you still have messed up credit for years too.

    It's best to go by the book and honor the contract you signed. Trust me on this, I learned that the hard way some 12 years ago.

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    I left an apartment w/o notice in 1997. It was a month-to-month contract, so I assumed that since I paid first and last, that moving out w/o notice would just mean I'd forfeit my last month's rent.

    I was wrong. I was sued and "evicted" legally by the complex. I was unable to rent another apartment in the state that used a property manager for 5 years because of the "eviction" on my record.

    Go over your contract with a fine tooth comb. There might be something in there about catastrophic circumstances or something that will allow you out of the lease. Then make up something about a stalker or an allergy to their carpet.


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    Does being sued affect your credit or are those two different things?
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    each state is different. i looked up fl landlord tenant law,here and here.

    from reading this, i think if you REALLY want to get out of your lease, try and find an instance where they may have violated the law and try and work that angle.

    i have done the same thing, my apt was SHIT and my landlord kept coming in at all hours for no reason with no notice at all, and actually WALKED IN ON ME HAVING SEX several times. so i sent her a letter saying that she'd violated such and such statutes (and made sure to include the statutes verbatim) and that pursuant to ks law i was terminating my lease affective at the end of that month.

    she tried to take me to small claims court for the remainder of the lease, and the judge said that i had done everything right, and was not obligated to pay out my lease.

    there's a link on one of the sites i posted that takes you to the fl statutes. from there check out the "title II" section that deals with residential tenancies. in that section specifically, sections:
    83.45 "Unconscionable rental agreement or provision.",
    83.47 Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
    83.51 Landlord's obligation to maintain premises.
    83.53 Landlord's access to dwelling unit.
    83.56 Termination of rental agreement.
    83.595 Choice of remedies upon breach by tenant.
    83.62 Restoration of possession to landlord.
    83.67 Prohibited practices.

    those might hold some pertinent information for you. or at least if you read through what they can and cannot do legally, then you may find a violation, and be able to wiggle your way out of the lease that way.

    *disclaimer* i am in NO WAY a legal expert or authority!!

    i hope it goes well for you!

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    Does being sued affect your credit or are those two different things?
    yes it would show up on your credit report as a public record. and may or nay not provide details. i'm not sure about the details.

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