Have you made enough effort to re-rent and mitigate damages toward your former tenant?

When a tenant announces that he will leave before the end of his lease, the owner finds himself in a race against time to quickly re-rent and prove that he has really tried to reduce his damages. The story presented shows how complex this obligation becomes when communications are unclear and the tenant does not completely vacate the premises. Between verbal notices, furniture left behind and delayed relocation procedures, the Court must disentangle what constitutes a real departure... and what is not.

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