Murfreesboro, TN asked in Landlord - Tenant for Tennessee

Q: How soon after moving out is "a reasonable effort to re-rent the unit"?

We moved out 3 months before our lease is up, It has been a month and the rental agency still has not relisted the house on their website. How long should we allow for them re-post the house?

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Leonard Robert Grefseng
Leonard Robert Grefseng
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  • Columbia, TN
  • Licensed in Tennessee

A: Unless significant repairs had to be done on the unit, a month seems reasonable to me. Posting something on the internet doesn't require much effort or expense and if it had to be repainted or cleaned, that would not take more than 10 to 14 days. Hopefully, you took pictures of the condition of the property before you left to document its condition or you had a "walk through" inspection with the landlord before leaving.

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