How to get out of a lease

The ways out of a lease early: lease takeover, sublease, a negotiated release, or a legal exception. What each one costs and which fits your situation.

What breaking a lease costs: rent owed until the unit is re-rented, early termination fees, deposit, and credit impact. Worked example and ways to pay less.

A lease takeover moves the lease to a new tenant and can release you. A sublease leaves you responsible. How they differ on liability, approval and risk.

Graduating, studying abroad or transferring schools usually isn't a legal reason to end a lease. What to do, when to start, and how to avoid paying for empty months.

Leaving a lease early without an agreement: what you can owe, what Arizona's abandonment rules say, and what landlords must do about re-renting the unit.

A step-by-step plan for finding a tenant to take over your lease: get the property's process, price it right, post it, screen, and get the release in writing.

How to ask your landlord to reduce or waive a lease break fee: what to check first, what to offer, a sample email, and how to get the deal in writing.

Need out of your Tempe lease? Your options under Arizona law, what each costs, and how Dryft finds a replacement tenant and refunds you if it can't.

Need out of your Flagstaff lease? Your options under Arizona law, what each costs, and how Dryft finds a replacement tenant and refunds you if it can't.

Need out of your Phoenix lease? Your options under Arizona law, what each costs, and how Dryft finds a replacement tenant and refunds you if it can't.

Need out of your Scottsdale lease? Your options under Arizona law, what each costs, and how Dryft finds a replacement tenant and refunds you if it can't.

Dryft finds a replacement tenant who takes over your lease. Subletting keeps you on the hook. A side-by-side comparison of liability, effort, cost and risk.

A lease buyout means paying your landlord a fee to leave. Dryft finds a replacement tenant instead. How they compare on cost, certainty and refunds.

Posting your lease in Facebook housing groups is free but slow and unpredictable. How a managed service compares on effort, safety, speed and refunds.

Many apartment communities run their own relet or lease break program. How it works, what it costs, and how Dryft finds the replacement tenant and works with it.

Graduating, studying abroad, transferring or starting an internship? How ASU students can get out of a Tempe lease without paying for empty months.

Graduating, studying abroad, transferring or starting an internship? How NAU students can get out of a Flagstaff lease without paying for empty months.