I’m breaking a lease now to move to Baltimore. I need to move in a hurry. Rent is $3800. Penalty is 2 months rent, plus 60 day notice. If the room is not resigned within 60 days, I pay for those 2 months. So that’s 4 months rent in total. My moving expenses will be around $2000.

$17,200 just to move to a new city.

Lesson is, don’t ever break a lease if you don’t have to.