Best practices for landlord to breaking a lease?

[Mike Finn]

Hello everyone! Question - I have heard/read about what happens when a tenant breaks a lease (loss of security deposit, paying rent for a number of remaining periods, etc.) but what happens when a landlord decides to break a lease? What are best practices for doing so? How many months warning should you give the tenant so they have time to find a suitable place? 

I know that breaking a lease is not ideal, but what should a landlord do when it becomes necessary?

[Peter Tverdov]

This will be state specific but the landlord cannot just break a lease in NJ at least. You need cause to "evict" so to speak or not renew their lease.

That is the point of a lease contract. Both sides agree to it so if someone is paying on time and behaving you cannot just break their lease.

Now if they're violating the lease terms you can service them with Notices to Cease or even Notices to Quit to begin the eviction process.