Re: Charging a reletting (early termination) fee

Re: Charging a reletting (early termination) fee by OK-LL on May 14, 2014 @13:44

Yes it is legal to charge a reletting fee. Typically the property manager is paid a "new tenant fee" each and every time he has to seek a new tenant for the owner's property; this fee pays for his time and effort in locating a new tenant. The reletting fee charged to the breaching tneant reimburses the owner for the PMs fee incurred due to you breaking the lease, among other things. It may also cover the cost of utilities which must be in service when prospects are viewing the property, advertising, and other costs of reletting the property.

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Re: Charging a reletting (early termination) fee by Anonymous on March 10, 2017 @00:51	[ Reply ]

I am going through the same trouble, however My landlord Bragged how clean my apartment was in January 2017 when conducting a walk through since the Apartment was already rented out before I have turned over the keys. They would not have to do a thing to this apartment. But yet, they made me pay a reletting fee, plus told me I Forfeit my deposit no Where on my lease does it say this, and in the 19 months I lived there my apartment flooded twice from heavy rain fall, and they never fixed the problem. I still have all pictures. Forced to have fifty pet stained smelly carpet with huge oil stains as well so glad I'm my elderly mothers care taker now, but I can not get any answers from the owners or management

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