re: Breaking a lease to buy a new home

Unless you are military,most places require at least 2 month rent penalty.

Or you can set a moving date, the apartment will go on market...if someone rents the apartment , you only owe until new people move in. You can advertise on craigslist to help entice renters. We did that once and offered incentive to pay pay their move in fees/ deposit, it worked and saved us about 5000$