Should I refund $ to tenant who moved out & brought next tenant?

[Ann Downer]

We are brand new landlords with a class c duplex and had month to month tenants (4 young guys) who left the place in decent clean condition, gave notice on the 1st and moved by the 6th, paying through the end of the month.  Plus, as they were moving out, they brought friends looking for a place and who ended up signing a lease with us. So we are feeling so blessed right not that everything went as well or better than we hoped.  Some people are telling me we should refund part of their rent since they paid through the end of the month, to say thank you...  We want to run it like a business and also do right by our tenants. How should we handle that?

[John Myers]

I would give them some of their rent back.  I tell my tenants that they are responsible until the end of the lease.  I will try to find a new tenant if they want to break the lease early.  I ask them to look for a new tenant also.  You might want to see if there are any laws in your state/locality regarding your situation.