And you can't charge two tenants rent at the same time, so you'd have to reimburse this guy.Scroll down to "Landlord's Duty to Find a New Tenant in South Carolina":http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenants-rig...Freshly divorced tenants are notorious for breaking leases.  

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenants-rig...Scroll down to the section "Landlord's Duty to Find a New Tenant in Illinois."

If a mainstream mortgage existed that did the same thing I'm sure everyone would think it's brilliant, but I'm an idiot for rigging it together.

Like every functioning (vs rigged) market, asset prices will fluctuate and the Bay Area will feel it when the time comes.

Landlord is supposed to make a reasonable effort to find a new tenant as soon possible and the tenant is not needed to pay rent once you find a tenant.Here is an link that might help.http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenants-rig...

I set up as much automation as I can to minimize time: automatic bill pay for re-occurring bills, grass cutter on schedule, tenants deposit rent into bank account, late reminders to tenants via text around the 5th of the month, eviction of non-payers on the 10th (or pre-determined date), and my jurisdiction allows via FAX.

A GOOD caulking gun, one with a cutter and a poker on it that doesn’t flex like a paper bag.

The system is rigged against landlords and especially you have an older tenant that is sure to get sympathy over someone like you.

Here's a good article on tenants breaking leases in TX:http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenants-rig...It says you don't have to kill yourself to rent the place right away.  

From this page:  http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenants-rig...Landlord’s Duty to Find a New Tenant in Vermont"Landlords in most states (for example, Arizona) must make a reasonable effort to re-rent their units when a tenant breaks a lease, rather than charge the tenant for the total remaining rent due under the lease.