Provide an appropriate response.Consider the following clause in a rental lease:"Lessee may terminate this lease at the end of the initial term by providing Lessor with at least sixty (60) days prior written notice, to commence upon the first day of the month following the month in which said notice is delivered or immediately if delivered on the first day of any month."If the initial term of the lease ends on March 31 and the Lessee provides the Lessor written notice on April 1, as of what date can the lease be terminated? What if he provides notice on April 2?

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Answers may vary. One possibility: If written notice is provided on April 1, then the lease can be terminated on May 30. If written notice is provided on April 2, then the lease cannot be terminated until June 29. In delaying notice until after the first of the month, the tenant makes himself responsible for another month of rent. That's one expensive day!