Breaking my lease early

[Bridget Huebner]

I need advice, please!

My boyfriend bought our first live-in flip property and I want to move in to this house with him. Problem is, I've been staying in a nice little unit at an apartment complex, and my one-year lease is not up until February.

I plan on sitting down and speaking with my apartment manager later today about ending my lease early. I have been a good well-behaved tenant, and paid my rent on the first of the month every month. The last 8 months here is the only rental history I have, and worry that if I ever need to rent again they will give me a bad referral.

Does anyone have advice or any warnings going into this talk with my apartment manager? What questions should I be sure to ask her? In what ways could this affect me in the future?

Please help me out! I want to go into this more prepared.