Breaking lease

[Michael Garcia]

After using a good 10 hours of my time and having me pull the property off the market for a week a prospective tenant (in Chicago) signs the lease. 2 days later calls back and says he wants all his money back. The start date of the lease was for Nov. 1. He paid first months and deposit. What do I give him back?

[Dave Passey]

I would give him everything back. You may have legal grounds to keep some of it or all of it, but the decent thing would be to give it back to him even though it has been an inconvenience to you.