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Have you ever wondered why your landlord is asking and requiring you to pay for pet rent even though you had already paid for a pet deposit? Listed below are some of the reasons as to why pet rent is asked by the landlord. Is it legal to ask for pet rent? As long as […]
A tenant will be affected in several ways when the landlord or owner decides to put his investment property on the market. However, if a fixed agreement was signed between the tenant and the landlord, the landlord cannot evict the tenant just because he decided to sell the property. The tenant can still continue to […]
After a certain period of time, landlords can increase the rent on their rental apartment. We all know that rent is not that cheap in most areas and increase in rent normally cause a sting on the tenant. If you are a landlord, raising the rent on your property may be the only way for […]
Am I financially responsible for beg bug testing/extermination? I returned home yesterday afternoon and saw a bug crawling on my pillow, I googled bed bugs images and I’m pretty sure that’s what it was. I pulled the matress out from the wall to find many small ones and two more larger ones. I have no […]
My son broke his lease by not telling the landord at his apt complex he had a dog. There was a pipe that burst in his bathroom and they found out then he had a dog. The dog was blamed for the burst pipe (which is crazy to me) This was in December 2012 then […]
MY LANLORD HAS DONE A TON OF STUFF THAT I KNOW IS ILLEGAL. THE BUILDING WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT BY A NEW COMPANY AND THE ENTIRE OFFICE HAS NEW STAFF HOW DON’T SEEM TO KNOW LAWS OR TO HAVE EVER WORKED IN THE BUSINESS. I PAID RENT IN DECEMEBER AS ALWAYS AND ACCIDENTLY OVER PAID ONE […]
Black mold by definition is a harmful toxin that infiltrates a home and can cause illness and distress to the unwary residents of the house. It will spread continuously throughout the place once it makes its way into the walls and other places that has moist in it if not treated quickly. There are several […]
One of the responsibilities of the landlord to its tenant is to make sure that the tenant will not cause too much noise that can disturb their other neighbors. If you look into the lease agreement there is a clause there for “Quiet Enjoyment” in every residential and commercial rental properties. Tenants have the right to occupy […]
As a landlord, you are actually giving a stranger key to your own property. It is really very important for a landlord to take extra time to select the right tenant to live in his rental unit in order to protect his investment property. There are ways to differentiate tenants from the good ones to […]
Hello!!! I have a Landlord who threatens to evict us every month because of some sort of ridiculousness. Ive only been here to months and its already out of hand. The first time we received a threat was in the first week of moving in. we still had some stuff in the old place and […]