1.	What are my Rights as a Landlord?
A tenant must abide by all the provisions of the signed lease agreement. (Source: Utah Courts)

2.	What are my Responsibilities as a Tenant? 
Pay your rent on time. As a tenant it is your responsibility to pay your full rent on time. 
Abide by the lease agreement. Read your lease before your sign it and discuss any concerns you have with your landlord as your must abide by all provisions of the agreement. (Source: Utah Courts)

3.	How do I Break My Lease?
There is never a completely safe way to break a lease. If you feel you have a good reason to break your lease, like the conditions in your apartment are bad, you still take a risk when you move out before your lease has expired. If your landlord sues you for rent or damages after you leave, it will be up to a judge to determine whether you had a good enough reason to break your lease. To protect yourself if you do break the lease, you should give the landlord as much notice as possible that you are moving. (Source: Utah Courts)

4.	If the landlord cannot re-rent your room/apartment- just the deposit may not be enough to pay for your unpaid rent (until the end of your lease).

5.	CREDIT IS A VALUABLE ASSET
Dear John Doe, 

We are making a final attempt to collect money due before reporting your delinquent debt to all three major credit bureaus and/or turning this matter over to a collection agency. The collection agency may be retained to collect the aforesaid balance due resulting from the breach of your Landlord/Tenant lease agreement. You can avoid further collection action on this account and avoid reporting of this debt to the three major credit bureaus by remitting payment in full to us by the following date Month day, year.

Please remit payment to: P.O. Box 333, Salt Lake City, UT, 84110

As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative remark on your credit report may be submitted to a credit-reporting agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your obligations. 

Sincerely, 

Rental Owner / Manager

6.	After affecting your credit rating and after your room/apartment is rented. The collection company (representing the landlord) will file suit in small claims court for any lost rent (number of un-rented months). After a judgment is granted against you (and or co-signer) the landlord then has the right to enforce the judgment against you and collect any unpaid money.  A lien can be placed on your property (car, home, etc.), and non-exempt wages, bank accounts, stocks and other assets can be seized and sold by the sheriff or constable.  A judgment can accrue interest and the landlord may be entitled to recover court costs accruing after judgment. (Source: Utah Courts)