<prompt> Human: I recently moved into the Bellevue, WA area for work. A group of coworkers and I decided to move into a single place to save on rent costs and we found a great property for 1sqft. My landlord property management company called me today and informed me that they had made a mistake and given us a one year lease. Their client wanted the house to be rented out as a half year lease with a monthmonth extension in the leasing terms. It has only been a couple of weeks but all of us seem to be happy with our accommodations thus far and the deal we got on the property. That being said we want to navigate this careful. My understanding is that the lease is a binding document and they need us to help them amend it, so this affords us some leverage. The real question we have is how do we use this leverage? Our goal isnt to have a landlord who hates us for a year. Some thoughts we had were asking for a reduced rent, or some sort of positioningoffer from the company for a different property to be ready or held for ease of moving etc. We are all new to this kind of situation so any advice would be greatly appreciated.Assistant: Its pretty obvious they are looking to get you out before 12 months. With that understanding you can decide that youre okay with that and try to get a better deal or that youre not and refuse to amend the lease.Human: Yeah, the client basically wants the option to move in kick us out because they have a kid coming into the area. We wouldnt mind pitching the idea of a reduced rent to eventually offset moving costs, but the last thing we want to deal with us a PM looking to cause trouble for us.  <response>: Yep, it is very likely they will expressly plan to kick you out for this person to move in. IF that person ultimately decides to move in, you are out of luck if you change your terms. Currently you could argue to stay under the current terms but as you said you may be hassled if even if you are perfect tenants.As was mentioned in the below post you could try to negotiate an early move out premium instead. Its a tough spot to be in. 