Property Management
A Rhode Island tenant who abandons a rental property before the lease expires leaves the landlord with the obligation to:
ASue the tenant immediately for all remaining rent due under the lease
BMake reasonable efforts to re-rent the property (duty to mitigate damages)✓ Correct
CLeave the property vacant until the lease term ends
DReport the abandonment to the DoBR
Explanation
Under Rhode Island landlord-tenant law, when a tenant abandons the property, the landlord has a duty to mitigate damages by making reasonable efforts to re-rent the property rather than leaving it vacant and collecting rent from the defaulting tenant.
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