My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: FL
My wife and I signed a lease 2 weeks ago for a house that we would move in to 3 weeks from now. For several reasons, we aren't comfortable with the home/owner.
We are working with a Realtor and have signed a fairly standard contract and placed First/Last/Security into an escrow account with our Realtor.
Since we haven't moved in, can they keep some of our money if we break the lease ahead of time? Are we on the hook for the entire lease?
Our reasons for not wanting to move in:
-it's too expensive
-it's small for the money
-he wants to leave the bills in his name to try and still claim primary residence's homestead exemption on his taxes
Thanks All.

