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Question: Our lease is not up for 3 months. We bought a house and know we are responsible for rent till end of lease. My property manager has been aware for a month and a half that we were moving out and also I gave her permission to try to rent it and she has not put it back on rental market. I know rhey are supposed to try to re rent it just wanted to know if there was any guidelines on how long they have to try to get it rented again?

Answer: The most you would owe is to the end of your lease. The landlord has an obligation to try and rerent until then. You should keep tabs on "for rent" signs, ads on Craig's List, etc to show that the manager did or didn't try to rerent. If you don't think they really tried, don't pay the rent and let them sue you for the unpaid rent later. If/when they take you to court, use your pictures, ads, and other information to show they didn't really try to rerent and argue that you are not liable for the rent ( or at least not for all of it).