Have you ever wondered about how to break a lease without a penalty?

Typically, a tenant must abide by a lease’s terms until it expires. But contrary to popular belief, a lease isn’t always ironclad, and there are a variety of ways to break a lease without legal consequences.

Here are a few potential ways to break a lease without penalty:

These are just a few of the steps you can take to try to wriggle out of a lease without forking over a penalty. If all else fails, talk to your landlord. Believe it or not, your landlord is human.

Also, if you’ve already broken your lease but are on the hook for rent, look out for double rent. If your landlord has already found a new tenant, that may terminate your obligation to pay rent.

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