Whatto do if we have been asked to break our lease and move out so our rental house can be sold?

Whatto do if we have been asked to break our lease and move out so our rental house can be sold?

We had a year lease to run another 9 weeks. The landlord asked us to be out by 15th of this month (next week) and wanted $500 for repairs, mentioning nothing about rent. I told her to use the security deposit. She said she used our deposit to pay her mortgage because we were a week late on rent. I did pay, just late so that should have been put back as our deposit money. Now we are told to leave now, pay rent and repairs. Is this fair. What can we do?

Asked on March 7, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Idaho

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