Use it as a scenario planner
Separate the written lease-break package from assumptions
A lease can identify a fixed buyout fee, a notice period, repayment of a move-in concession or other charges. Put only the amounts you can document into the calculator so the comparison stays useful.
Why “months remaining × rent” is not always the final answer
The remaining scheduled rent is a budgeting benchmark. Actual post-move-out liability can change with the lease, re-rental timing, applicable state law, mitigation requirements, credits, unpaid balances and property-specific facts.
Before agreeing to a buyout amount
- Read the early-termination or buyout clause and every referenced addendum.
- Confirm whether notice-period rent is separate from the fixed fee.
- Check whether a concession or free-rent offer can be recaptured.
- Ask for a written itemization of the property’s quoted termination amount.
- Compare the property state guide before relying on a general rule.
Educational budgeting tool only. The calculator does not determine what a landlord may legally collect or whether a lease clause is enforceable.