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fireflyfairies · Feb 18, 2007, 09:54 AM

I am currently living at my mothers. I have to move out in a month. I work for a storage facility. There was talk about me getting a promotion, so that I would have my own store. That would mean that I would live on the property. I can not live at my mother's any longer. The only apartment that is cheap enough for me has 1 year leases. If I get promoted, am I able to break my lease with little to no penaltys??

landlord advocate · Feb 18, 2007, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by fireflyfairies

I am currently living at my mothers. I have to move out in a month. I work for a storage facility. There was talk about me getting a promotion, so that I would have my own store. That would mean that I would live on the property. I can not live at my mother's any longer. The only apartment that is cheap enough for me has 1 year leases. If I get promoted, am I able to break my lease with little to no penaltys????

If you sign a one year lease, you are legally obligated to pay the rent each month for one year or until another tenant rents the property. If you really have to leave your mother's house now, think about a boarding house or motel or a landlord willing to rent on a month to month bases. If you sign the one year lease and then leave before the year is over, you will loose your security deposit, you may end up with a judgement against you and information on your credit report that will be detrimental.

Fr_Chuck · Feb 18, 2007, 10:20 AM

Not unless you negotiate it and get it written into the lease BEFORE you sign.

But normally no you are obligated for the year.

And of coures there are places to rent without a year lease if you look more

valinors_sorrow · Feb 18, 2007, 10:20 AM

Breaking residential rental leases in Florida is not easy. The laws really favor the landlord collecting all rent that is contracted and they are not obligated to find a new tenant like in some states. The best you can do is arrange a lease that allows for a subletting arrangement if you need to leave, or move in as someone's roommate or like Advocate said, try to negotiate a month to month. Where I live in Florida, I would look for smaller apartment complexes or even one of a kinds, privately owned. There is a lot of extra paperwork for the owner and extra tax levied on month to month arrangements here so you may find a landlord/owner willling to negotiate a shorter lease but I wouldn't count on it out of any of the big complexes. It wouldn't hurt to look into a realtor, as they can be helpful here too. Because of being both a tourist state and a transient state, its likely to be that for less than a year's lease, you'll be paying more but I would shop around, rents vary a lot area to area.

ScottGem · Feb 18, 2007, 11:01 AM

One thing you might look for is a short term sublet.

fireflyfairies · Feb 23, 2007, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by fireflyfairies

I am currently living at my mothers. I have to move out in a month. I work for a storage facility. There was talk about me getting a promotion, so that I would have my own store. That would mean that I would live on the property. I can not live at my mother's any longer. The only apartment that is cheap enough for me has 1 year leases. If I get promoted, am I able to break my lease with little to no penaltys????

Thank you :) Unfortunately, I have 3 cats. There are no places that I have found in the area that will let me have them on a month to month lease. So I am going to sign a 7 month lease. My promotion will just have to wait, I can not be homeless. Thanks Guys!