So, I have been renting the last few years after a divorce but have begun looking around at houses. My current lease is not up until next August, but I intend to find something to buy between now and then. With my lease, I can basically pay two months worth of rent to get out of it early, if I need to. I was at an open house this weekend and the realtor there mentioned his firm does lease buy-outs for renters (after I explained my situation). Is this a common thing now? I do not intend to use a realtor based simply on incentives like this, but, all things being equal, not having to worry about paying off my lease sounds nice. Oh and I am in north Dallas, in case that matters.