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masticatingman posted...

Good luck with breaking the lease. I'd go ahead and spend a solid 15 minutes reading over the fine print in your lease before actually talking to your leasing office about it.

Spoilers, you're probably fucked in terms of trying to get out without paying big fees/penalties. Apartment lease verbiage has been built by lawyers almost solely around the reality that anybody living at an apartment complex is going to want to up-and-move at some point in time in the not-too-distant future. And the fact that when you want to move is likely not going to line up nicely with your lease term. At least this is what I'm used to having lived at solely bigger complexes...which I'm guessing is the same for you if you're saying you have a "property manager". If it's an actual management company that owns your complex anybody working in the leasing office likely can't even cut you a "break" regardless if they'd like to help you or not.

I've already spoke to them. I'm thinking about talking to the now Property Manager who was my leasing agent when I moved in.

But it's basically a charge of your month's rent, plus 60 days worth of rent. So it's essentially 3 months rent, which is right at $2600 for me. I was given $3000 for relocation assistance, so it's not too terrible, in comparison to most places.