I stay in San Diego in a 2 bed room condominium with hire at round $3,200 a month and am seeking to transfer in my with soon-to-be fiance. We have functionally lived at one in every of our two locations for the final yr, and sustaining two residences is simply an absurdly excessive additional expense that can also be inflicting additional complications (we each have pets).
I’ve additionally had some points with the constructing together with my permitted automobile being towed, my automobile being stolen, and lots of different smaller complications as a consequence of non-functional facilities within the constructing (together with damaged safety gates for months, entry doorways damaged, damaged elevators, and so forth), and additional bills not included within the lease we are actually billed for (a $35 a month trash pickup service I neither opted into nor need however have been billed for). This all occurred following the sale of the constructing a month after I signed the lease.
My lease has 6 months left on it (18 month time period).
The rental firm’s workplace right here (Giant nationwide agency) indicated that moderately than breaking the lease and paying till re-rented (as much as 6 months), they’d provide an out for somewhat over $10,000 payable instantly (~3 months hire)
My preliminary impression is that taking the provide appears like one thing of a suckers deal. It mitigates long run danger, however I can’t think about they might provide the buyout until it favored them.
The constructing has a number of empty models presently (~4 2 bedrooms) and my concern is given how vindictive, petty, and confrontational they’ve been in interactions, that they may preserve the unit open so long as potential (sure, I do know that is unlawful, however I am skeptical on how enforceable it’s even in California, as a result of proving they have been failing to hire or steering renters to different models would require numerous discovery and litigation nearly sure to not recoup prices).
Does anybody have any expertise with this state of affairs that might provide perception from both course? Ought to I simply swallow the bitter tablet and hand over the out cash? Are there every other assets I ought to have a look at?
Recognize any recommendation.
Breaking the lease won’t lead to dipping into my emergency fund, however it could be painful.
