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If you break a lease, can the landlord sue for future rent even though they are selling the property?

December 19th, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments
  1. a99blkdog
    December 21st, 2008 at 16:14 | #1

    no but u lose the deposite.

  2. Dav
    December 23rd, 2008 at 05:23 | #2

    If I understand correctly, and I am not a lawyer, people can sue for any reason. It is whether they can convince a court that they are right, and that you caused them harm, is the real question.

  3. ben and lisa h
    December 26th, 2008 at 03:44 | #3

    yes u signed a lease and he can take u to court and get the whole rent amount u would still owe. however its up to the judge to accept the facts on the selling part…L

  4. dual_reality
    December 28th, 2008 at 08:27 | #4

    They can try……they can only sue for the actual loss incurred. If the house went empty for 2 months….then they can seek 2 months damages.

  5. lee_anne301
    December 31st, 2008 at 16:30 | #5

    Yes, because the new owner was buying an “occupied” unit– they would pay less for an empty unit. Renter’s law is different in every state though, and depending on your reason for breaking the lease, you may not be liable for future rent, but you would almost surely lose your deposit.

  6. parsonsel
    January 1st, 2009 at 07:23 | #6

    If you leave before your lease is up they can make you pay until the end of the lease date or settle for some lease-breakage fee. You may be able to negotiate to pay until they find someone to take over your lease.

    If they sell the property then you’d have to pay the new owners as of the date of the sale.

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