Now in order to break my rental lease I have to pay an extras moths rent but someone told me that by law I can brake it without paying if it is for the purchase of a home now is this true and if so where can I find this law
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Now in order to break my rental lease I have to pay an extras moths rent but someone told me that by law I can brake it without paying if it is for the purchase of a home now is this true and if so where can I find this law
Someone misinformed you about this. Never heard that reason being valid for buying a home.
I've rented in several apartment communities and I have never heard this. You need to read your contract and see how to break a lease.
Depends on your state's laws, but I've never heard of a landlord being able to charge for an extra month's rent. Most states - not all, but most - have laws so that if you do break the lease early, the landlord has to make reasonable efforts to re-rent the property. In turn, you need to pay rent on said property until a)your lease expires or b)it is re-rented.
Purchasing your own property doesn't give you the right to break your lease without penalties in any way, shape or form.
There is no law that allows you to break a lease without penalty if you are buying a home.
If your lease contains a provision that you can pay 1 month worth of rent to break your lease then that's a pretty good thing. You'll be off the hook and not responsible for the balance of your lease.
Some leases have early termination clauses. Generally these are two months rent. If your lease has an early term clause for 1 month consider yourself lucky. If you don't have an early term clause and the landlord is allowing you out with a one month penalty again consider yourself lucky.
While state laws differ, I know of no state that allows a tenant out of a lease to buy a home.
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