Tenant uses job loss to break lease

Q: Our tenant broke our one-year lease after six months. He has written me a letter claiming he is not responsible for the remaining six months of rent because he had to move after losing his job.

We understand that landlords have an obligation to minimize the loss of rent, but the rental market here is very slow and there is hardly any demand. In the past we have just put up a small sign and we would receive dozens of calls. Not this time. So we have even hired a top local real estate firm to list and show the rental unit, but after 60 days we still have no qualified applicants.

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