When negotiating a lease buyout where a tenant is offered the?
EVERYTHING is negotiable. My handyman was a tenant at the home that was sold some 40 years ago. He had a lease and was offered $35,000 by the owner to immediately move out. He did not ask for this amount but was delighted with this offer. He had made extensive improvements to this property. Offers to buy out a tenant from the lease can be very high or very low depending on who is to benefit more. In my opinion, the landlord is benefiting big-time only offering to pay you for the difference in rent at the new apartment. Just your agreement to vacate early, depending on the time left on the lease, is worth a lot IF you have 6+ months left on the lease. He is benefiting more than you are benefiting with the offer you are quoting. Make a counter offer you feel is fair. He needs you to leave more than you need to leave. Your lease offers you the protection of occupancy to the end of the lease. To leave early should be of financial benefit!