All Forum Posts by: Hunter Jordan

The lease also states security deposit will be returned if the full term of the lease has expired. 

The lease clearly states "tenants shall not terminate lease early". Wouldn't this mean that they are on the the hook until the end of the lease period?

My tenant wants to terminate their lease early. The lease ends 09/30/2024.  They gave me a notice 05/15/2024 & are wanting to move out 07/31/2024. This is more than a 60 day notice. The lease states "Tenant shall not have the right to terminate this lease early". My question is can I legally keep their security deposit? I planned to tell them that "I will waive the final 2 months of the lease but unfortunately I will have to keep your security deposit". Is this legal in the state of Georgia? We plan to move into this unit, so finding a new tenant is off the table.

Original tenant did not sign a lease termination. New tenant did. The lease does not state that it is active when a deposit is made.

Lease states no early termination for tenant. I guess I'm asking if the original tenant is still liable for the rent since the new tenant will not be moving in and their lease has been canceled. 

The security deposit i still have is from the original tenant, not the new tenant. I haven't collected anything from the new tenant and their lease has been terminated. We never signed a termination agreement with the original tenant. 

I currently still have her security deposit. It is 2 months of rent. I planned on returning it the 1st of Feb.,  before I found out about the death.

So I have a tenant who has moved out before her lease has ended. She moved out in the middle of January 2024 and has an active lease until May 31st 2024. I took on the efforts of finding a new tenant to get her out of her lease. Well new tenant was found and signed a new lease for the property. Their lease starts Feb. 1st. The issue is that this tenant has unfortunately died and the wife no longer wants to move into the property. I had her sign a early termination agreement. So I'm wondering if the original tenant who moved out in January is still liable for paying rent until the end of her lease since the new tenant will not be moving in? The lease does not allow early termination by tenant. I found a tenant on "good faith".