You can legally sign an affidavit of interest and record it it unless the contract prohibits it. 

Not an attorney, this agreement simply terminates the lease but there is nothing in there that prohibits them from suing for supposed damages/costs/whatever that occurred during the lease.I'm guessing you need some type of hold harmless or something stating both parties fully release each other from any issues/cost/breaches/etc resulting from the lease/occupancy that occurred during the lease period.

@Eric SchraderI hate to be the one to tell you this, but you have engaged in a prohibited transaction and voided your IRA. 

Collection of Discharged Debts Prohibited: The discharge prohibits any attempt to collect from the debtor a debt that has been discharged.

I'm pretty sure there is a law that prohibits taking advantage of homeowners by disallowing "flipping" of properties that are in preforeclosure.

If you read the HAP contract you signed with Section 8, you would see that you are specifically prohibited from charging more than the authorized rent.

These statues generally prohibit a lender’s deficiency judgment against a borrower (often in connection with a nonjudical foreclosure action) or limit a deficiency judgment to the difference between the debt and greater of the fair market value of the secured property (as determined to the satisfaction of the court) or the price paid at the foreclosure sale.

Most REO contracts specifically prohibit assignments.

My contract with them prohibits my submitting articles elsewhere.I'm sure this is a great platform for authors and the page view counts are high.

(Excuse me if it's a naive question; passing on expenses is possible here in Australia for business premises, but strictly prohibited for residential leases.)