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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling
I thought that even during a fixed term lease the landlord had the obligation to try to replace you as a tenant with best efforts if you wanted to end your lease?
Screw the subletting, tell him you're breaking your lease and vacating said premises. You'll be on the hook for rent, but he's required to put forward his best efforts in finding a tenant. Given the rental market in Alberta is quite good, unless you entered into a terrible rental rate he should be able to find a replacement.
Can anyone support what I remember? Is it accurate?
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Interesting. I am almost tempted to do this. It seems unreasonable and in poor taste to charge so much for subletting, when I could easily place an ad on craigslist/kijiji, and have 5 applications on my suite by next week. I will speak with a lawyer and see what he says.