Tenants breaking the lease was one of my most common "issues" and seem to occur regularly. The default legal language does not allow for any penalty for breaking a lease beyond holding a tenant to the lease until a replacement has been found. The Problem: Landlords, by law,  are required to re-list the house and show the house in a good faith effort. I have never lost a day of rent so I was always penalized. It made me very upset that … [Read more...]