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i first came across the bed bug problem about two weeks ago.. i immediatlu contacted the building management and then my landlord my landlord took about a week before he took care of the problem. it has now been two wesks and i.noticed that the treatment my landlord used didnt work and i still have […]
By the time a tenant signed a lease agreement, he is now bound to the lease. Many landlords often ask or hire a lawyer to draft all their lease agreements for their tenants. Any signed lease agreements can be disbanded if the landlord and the tenant can come up with a mutual understanding. The only […]
Holding deposit is the amount of money a tenant pays the landlord to take a rental unit off the market up until the time the tenant moves in. Typically this happens when a tenant sees a prospective unit he likes but is unable to move in right away. In order to secure the unit for […]
So we were told at the beginning of our lease that all utilities would be payed for. 8 months later we are told we owe $1,635 to the electric company for 8 months of electric bills. we recieved no notice or bills to our apartment and our landlord who told us it would be covered […]
On March 28, 2013, I signed a lease with a couple whose house I wanted to rent. I paid an earnest money contract on the home to hold it in the amount of $100 and then paid an additional $2,400 for rent and deposit. The move-in date was scheduled for April 15. I never moved […]
my a/c is not working is the landlord responsible for maintaining the unit?
I wanted to know if in the state of NC know if a past landlord took you to court for rent before your 30 days of being late and while in court you had the money in cash to pay but he refuses to take it and then later decides to put a judgment on your credit […]
Basically they claimed to have charged us lower than what they were supposed to MULTIPLE times and are just now adding them onto our current rent bill – are they allowed to do that? Our bill now is 5x higher than what it normally is.
Being a pet owner and trying to look for a rental unit with your buddy is sometimes enough to make a tenant howl. It is really very exasperating most especially if your buddy is bigger than your lady purse; however with today’s economy and vacancy rates are up and landlords struggling to find someone to […]
My family and I rent a house from a private owner; she is a licensed Real Este agent also. We recently had a water pipe burst and had severe water damage. The fire department advised us we could not stay in the house and needed to find another place to stay until the house could […]