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How landlords qualify for what to take out of your deposit when moving out.

Tenant | Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 12:17 am

When you have been renting an apartment for several years, household appliances (stove, refrigerator, dish washers, etc.) and furniture (coach, bed, tables, carpets) are bound to wear and tear. Now, when you decide to move out, how would you know what to pay for and what is normal wear and tear? Usually, after a few […]

Storage Space Living

Tenant | Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 12:11 am

Many find it weird to hear and see people living in their own cars but what is weirder is when you see and hear people renting a storage unit not to store their stuffs but to personally live in it. It may be weird for those who can afford to rent an apartment complex but […]

Utility Charges

Tenant | Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 4:01 pm

I am being charges $70-$80 extra every month for water, sewage and garbage (I have no washer hookup). Supposedly the complex divides their charges up evenly between tenants (there is no separate metering). How do I know I’m being charged fairly? All I have to go on is the notice they give me.

A Tenants Rights To Landlord Repairs

admin | Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 7:55 am

  A Tenant’s Rights to Landlord Repairs A tenant has a right to live a habitable rental property, but what about cosmetic or minor problems that an apartment or rental house has. What repairs are landlords forced to repair, and what kinds of repairs may a landlord ignore?   Tenant Rights on Repairs: What must […]

Who is responsible for bedbugs

Question | Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 3:52 am

Hello We just found bedbugs in our apartment and went to see our apartment bldg manager about what we should do next. They informed us that we are completely and solely responsible, and that we have to take care of the cost of this completely by ourselves, which is in excess of $750. And if […]

Loud noise in the apartments above us

Tenant | Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 1:01 am

“We are renting in a bottom apartment as we are an old couple and could absolutely not make it through a whole flight of stairs anymore. We were doing fine the first couple of months but when people moved in at the apartments above us, everything went to hell. They have children running around and […]

Can you use your security deposit as last month’s pay?

Tenant | Monday, March 4th, 2013 10:59 pm

People do this all the time. But can you really? Well, that depends on a lot of things. There are some states like New Jersey that allows you to do that and there are also states like Texas that makes it illegal to do so.  Security Deposits are a certain amount of money usually the […]

deposit return issue

norman | Monday, March 4th, 2013 3:51 pm

I totally fulfiled by rental agreement and I cleaned my apartment and returned keys ahead of time.  i spoke to the leasing agency and was told that all my paper work was in order and I’d receive my refundable deposit in 14 days.  It has now been over 30 days and has spoken to the leasing agency by […]

ending lease

Evelyn | Monday, March 4th, 2013 2:03 pm

We signed a 12 mo lease on 2012.  we were of the understanding the lease would end on 4/2/2013.  we just noticed on the very bottom of the lease, it goes until 4/30/2013.  that means we have to pay 13 mos on a 12 mo lease, can they do that?

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Susan | Monday, March 4th, 2013 3:34 am

I moved into this house because my son was not allowed to stay in the apartments that I was living in because he had a felony. So therefore I moved into this house. The landlord is an old man who just does not listen to reason. the agreement was that he would let me movi […]