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I am leasing a home in Port Charlotte Florida and my lease ends 12/1/2023. I emailed my landlord and asked to end the lease 1 month early without penalty and they responded yes. Now they are trying to withhold my deposit claiming they haven’t found a tenant to rent the property once it has been vacated.
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The LL cannot address the deposit until after you vacate. Also a LL general agreement to allow you to terminate the tenancy early would need to be in writing and have some consideration to be enforceable. If this is a mom&pop rental - they may have already stolen the sec dep and simply try to make excuses not to return it.
Answered on Oct 18th, 2023 at 10:41 AM
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