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Summary: Break a lease by contacting the person that the lease is with and asking them what needs to be done to get out of the lease. Hire a real estate attorney to help negotiate breaking a lease with information from a real estate broker in this free video on housing leases.
Penny Smith has been in real estate for more than 14 years. She has a degree in architectural design and has received buyer and seller associate training, as well as CMA Training. She...read more
"Hello, my name is Penny Smith, and I'm with Live Oak Real Estate as a real estate broker here in Wilmington, North Carolina. I'd like to talk to you today about how to break a lease. When you are renting a home, typically you do a twelve-month lease on that home. If you come to a point in time before that 12 months is over and find that you are no longer able to live in that home, for whatever reason, for whatever purpose, I first recommend that you first call the person that holds the lease and beg them to give you an opportunity to get out of your lease. If you find that you cannot, then you must hire an attorney. An attorney will advise you of the ramifications of breaking that lease -- the legal as well as the moral ramifications of it -- that will affect you at any point in time. A lease is a legal and binding contract that you enter into, and you promise to fulfill that contract when you sign it. So if you intend to break it or you have to break it, I highly recommend that you contact an attorney and have it done legally. That is how to break a lease. Thank you, and I hope you have a great day."
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