My husband works for the FAA. We are being transferred to another state. It is a voluntary move but we don't get to pick when we leave. We made our management company aware 6 months early that we would be leaving 2 month prior to the end of our lease. We were told by my husbands job that in this case a letter from the FAA should do the trick and they would most likely wave the penalty. Well that did not work for us. It worked for everyone else but our company is a large company and they are not budging. At this point the only thing I can think to do is to negotiate the penalty for the broken lease? They are asking for 2.5 months rent which is the remainder of the lease. That is what they would charge even if we broke our lease 11 months early. We really can't afford to pay them over 2,000. We would like to negotiate and see if they would except half or if we can just forfeit our security. Do you think they would negotiate with us. Please let me know what our options are at this point. Thank you!