How to negotiate cash for keys?
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How to negotiate cash for keys?
I’m in negotiation with an agency for cash for keys. We have to pay for deposits a moving truck and workers to help us move and clean out the property. We also have to pay for my bills – lights and gas cable, etc. that we still have here and we have to pay for all of that to be turned back on with deposits. We’re moving to out of state; we just want a fair price and $500 is not fair.
Asked on August 8, 2016 under Real Estate Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
If you still have an in-force lease--that is, a written lease which has not expired--you have the leverage:you can't be required to leave, so long as you pay your rent and otherwise do not cause problems (e.g. don't engage in disorderly conduct) until the expiration of the lease. Therefore, if they want you out, they have to make it worth your while, since eyou would have to agree voluntarily to move early. Pull together the costs you need covered and present that to them, together with a request for some additional compensation for your trouble (make it reasonable); let them know that you are happy to stay for the remainder of lease if they don't make it worthwhile for you move early.
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