Opinion ID: 1953638
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Heading: Credit for Rent Received by Reletting.

Text: Albert urges the court should at least set off against the judgment any rents actually received by reletting the premises during the remainder of the lease. We agree. The acceleration clause explicitly provided a credit against the balance of the future rent for any amount by reason of any such reletting. Furthermore, if a landlord regains possession of property abandoned by a tenant, courts agree that a landlord may not keep both the accelerated rent and rent received from renting to a new tenant. Restatement (Second) of Property Landlord & Tenant § 12.1 n. 10; see also W & G Seaford, 714 F.Supp. at 1347 (Landlord concedes that a lessor cannot recover possession of the premises and an amount representing solely accelerated rent.); Quintero-Chadid Corp. v. Gersten, 582 So.2d 685, 689 (Fla. Dist.Ct.App.1991) (If the landlord goes back into possession and relets the premises, he must give the tenant credit for the rents received.); see also 22 Am.Jur.2d Damages § 712 (1988) (acceleration clause imposes a penalty if it allows one party to repossess and resell, while still collecting the entire unpaid rental for the rest of the term).