{"id":"life-col-lease-early-exit-cost","audience":"college","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"examples","title":"Work out what leaving a lease early would cost you","free":false,"task":"You might leave your apartment on June 1 instead of the lease end, and your roommate is staying. Using the lease's early termination clause, get exactly 4 numbered lines in plain text, under 80 words: 1. the last day to give notice, with the date math; 2. the termination payment, with the math; 3. your half of it; 4. \"This isn't legal advice.\" Use only the lease. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The lease excerpt (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"RESIDENTIAL LEASE - 412 Alder Street, Unit 3B (fictional)\nLandlord: Pinecrest Rentals LLC | Tenants: Jordan Lee, Priya Raman\nTerm: August 15, 2026 to July 31, 2027\nRent: $1,380/month total, split evenly by the tenants by agreement\n\n2. Security deposit: $1,380, returned within 30 days of move-out minus damages.\n3. Joint liability: each tenant is responsible for the full rent if a roommate does not pay.\n6. Early termination: tenant may end the lease with 60 days' written notice and payment of two months' rent.\n7. Renewal: converts to month-to-month at $1,550/month unless either party gives 60 days' notice.\n\nADDENDUM (signed Sept 2, 2026): Section 6 is amended. Early termination requires 60 days' written notice and payment of one and a half months' rent.\n\nMY NOTES\n- I want to move out June 1, 2027. Priya is staying and will find a new roommate.\n- We agreed I'd pay half of any early-termination payment.\n- Friend says landlords can't charge you anything if you find a replacement. No idea.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the addendum","why":"The AI uses Section 6's two months and misses the September amendment.","fix":"Add: \"Use the Sept 2 addendum: one and a half months' rent.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"No math shown","why":"The AI gives totals with no working, so you can't check them.","fix":"Show it: \"2. Payment: $1,380 x 1.5 = $2,070\".","checks":["r1","numberedItems"]},{"title":"No notice date","why":"The AI says \"60 days' notice\" without the date.","fix":"Add: \"Line 1: June 1 minus 60 days = [date].\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Answering the legal question","why":"The AI weighs in on whether a replacement roommate cancels the fee.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the lease. Line 4: This isn't legal advice.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the addendum","patterns":["addendum","1\\.5","one and a half","amend"]},{"label":"Asks for the notice date","patterns":["minus 60","60 days","notice"]},{"label":"Asks for your share","patterns":["half","my share","split"]},{"label":"Adds the disclaimer","patterns":["legal advice","disclaimer"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Leases get amended. Tell the AI which clause is current, turn the notice period into a date, and show the math for your share.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 gives April 2, 2027 as the last day to give written notice (June 1 minus 60 days; a day either side is fine)","Line 2 uses the addendum's one and a half months: $1,380 x 1.5 = $2,070, not two months ($2,760)","Line 3 gives Jordan's half as $1,035, and line 4 is \"This isn't legal advice.\""]}