Q: Can a landlord hold you to a year lease if you have lost your job and let them know with 30 day notice?
The lease is a year long and says if terminated early I owe 4 months rent. However they said they have no provision for job loss and they can't do anything for me. This seems unrealistic and unconscionable. I can give them 30 days notice but you can't get blood out of a turnip.
A: They cannot get blood out of a turnip. They can sue for the extra months rent if you leave, if that's what the lease says, but they are unlikely to collect. Tell them so, and perhaps they will avoid wasting their time by suing you. If they sue, that becomes a permanent court record, and future landlords can find that, and make it difficult for you to rent. So try to work it out with landlord to avoid that.
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