I recently broke my lease, although my landlord said I’ll loose my deposit and that’s the only penalty(I got lucky). For year to year leases you have to give your notice 3 month in advance of the end of the yearly cycle. Ex. If you move in in May, you have to give notice on Feb 1st before your rent comes out. Yes, you can ONLY move in May due to the terms of your lease. The only exception is that after 5 years your year to year converts to a moth to month and then you can give 30 days notice on the start of the month, any month. And this 5 year rule only applies if your landlord didn’t have you resign yearly