There aren't too terribly many ways to prematurely terminate a lease agreement, but there are a few. Whether or not they might potential apply, though, depends on the particulars of your situation, and you don't identify any facts that would support termination of the lease. Usually these relate to essential services provided to you under the lease, such as habitability issues, significant un-repaired maintenance requests, or threats to your health, safety, or property. Even then, though, this would apply only in certain circumstances, and the landlord often has the ability to fix or cure the problems, so even then termination isn't always available as a remedy. The most common way to get a lease terminated, then, is to get the landlord to agree to modify or amend the lease termination date which is often exceedingly difficult to do. However, if you were to give your landlord adequate and proper notice that you were abandoning the rental and moving out, they can only charge you rent (in addition to utilities and advertising costs) for the months until they find a new tenant, as they have to mitigate their damages and be reasonable and diligent in finding a replacement.
Answered on Jan 06th, 2012 at 8:56 AM