A lease buyout is an agreement in which a tenant or landlord pays to break the lease for the remainder of its term. For example, if a tenant has a one year lease, but they need to move out after six months, they can agree to a lease buyout with the landlord to break their lease.
The average is only about $42,000. Other statistic averages might be more helpful. The median is the midpoint of all the numbers and helps eliminate the extreme numbers in a high or low buyout amount.
To calculate the tenant buyout amount, multiply the monthly rent amount by the number of months remaining on the lease. Then, multiply that result by the penalty percentage. Add the two results together to get the final tenant buyout amount.