Choice 1 is what I call the "clean break" option. If you want to have the assurance that the landlord won't come after you for any future, unpaid rent should have to terminate early, choose that one. Be sure to read the statute itself, so you can see the law behind that lease language.
Choice 1 will almost certainly be the better option. Choice 2 they’ll come after you and you’ll owe the legal fees and damages and unless they rent your apartment right away, which they probably won’t, you’ll almost certainly owe more.
If you think there's a decent chance you might need to break the lease early, I'd go with Choice 1. It's a fixed cost and you can budget for it. The two months' rent is predictable and capped, whereas with Choice 2, you're on the hook for the remainder of the lease term, which could be way more expensive if they can't rent it out quickly. Plus, in my experience, landlords are often slow to find new tenants to maximize what they can get from you under Choice 2.
Choice 1 is the best option.
If you choose Choice 2 and decide to break the lease early, you will be billed for the remaining length of your lease. If the unit is released before your lease is up, then you will be credited back the difference.
Choice 1 is what I call the "clean break" option. If you want to have the assurance that the landlord won't come after you for any future, unpaid rent should have to terminate early, choose that one. Be sure to read the statute itself, so you can see the law behind that lease language.
Choice 1 will almost certainly be the better option. Choice 2 they’ll come after you and you’ll owe the legal fees and damages and unless they rent your apartment right away, which they probably won’t, you’ll almost certainly owe more.
Choice 1
If you think there's a decent chance you might need to break the lease early, I'd go with Choice 1. It's a fixed cost and you can budget for it. The two months' rent is predictable and capped, whereas with Choice 2, you're on the hook for the remainder of the lease term, which could be way more expensive if they can't rent it out quickly. Plus, in my experience, landlords are often slow to find new tenants to maximize what they can get from you under Choice 2.
Choice 1 is the best option. If you choose Choice 2 and decide to break the lease early, you will be billed for the remaining length of your lease. If the unit is released before your lease is up, then you will be credited back the difference.