Excon,

How sure are you about the rules of Florida. I had someone leave early and I am
Suing them for breach of lease since they just left w/o any notice. I am now
Also trying to sell my house. Can I still collect for the rent as it comes due
Until I sell or rerent.

Ken



Hello milissa:

Sure, you can do it, but there will be consequenses. One of your problems, however, is the state in which you reside. Every other state requires landlords to rent their property as soon as possible to mitigate the tenant's damages. Florida doesn't do that. He can just sit back and collect rent from you. Yes, that's wrong. But, I digress.....

IF you can make a cash settlement with your landlord, for say two months rent, I would try. If you can sub-let, do that.

excon

Hello ken:

Pretty sure. We have a copy of Florida Landlord tenant law right here for you to check out. You'll find it at the top of this forum on a sticky note.

Of course, I could be wrong... I was wrong back in '02...

excon

Excon,

How sure are you about the rules of Florida. I had someone leave early and I am
suing them for breach of lease since they just left w/o any notice. I am now
also trying to sell my house. Can I still collect for the rent as it comes due
until I sell or rerent.

Ken

First, its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone else's thread, so I've requested this be moved to its own thread.

As long as you are making a good faith effort to re rent the property then owe you rent to the end of their lease.

excon is 100% right (as usual). In Florida the landlord is not required to make any effort to re-rent the premises when a tenant breaks the lease. The applicable law is Title VI, Chapter 83, Section 83.595.