Potential tenant willing to break current lease

[Karla Simmons]

I have a potential tenant that has great credit score and good job. But she is in a one year lease at an apartment complex and said she would break her lease to rent my home. Big red flag? Feels like it. I have had quite a few candidates that have not had good credit or have too much debt, so I was thinking she might be good, but I would like some input from others. Thank you

[Eduardo Bilbao]

Quote from @Karla Simmons:

@Theresa Harris

Turns out she did have a lease buy out clause. I didn’t know such a thing existed. I do not have such a clause in my leases, but from what you are saying it sounds like tenants will risk it anyway and just forfeit their deposit. Times have changed. It used to be that a one year lease was just that and people didn’t think about breaking them, or at least most people. Thanks for your input.

We as landlords have to protect our investments. It takes time and work getting new tenants. Some people are extremely picky and will want to just get out of a lease like nothing would've happened. When you are not a real estate investor the mindset of how much work it takes and the things that could happen doesn't even cross their minds.
I have seen many contracts and some that I really like are the buy out clause and also the lawyer fee clause where if due to the tenants fault we have to go to court due to either property damage or eviction they would have to fit the bill. That is one more incentive for them to be good tenants. I am not a lawyer just my two cents.