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Paid rent on time fore 1.5 yrs. land lady mooved drug dealers in next door. i refused to pay until they wer gone. Its been 6 months of people dealing drugs in my front yard. Now land lady wants to evict me fore non payment. what to do.
Hi, I rent a single family home in Milwaukee, Wi. We were just given notice by our landlord on Jan 11th 2013 that on Feb 4th 2013 she has the motion hearing for the property to be foreclosed. If it does get foreclosed then we will have 90 days to vacate the premises. As you […]
For renters living in their apartments and paying rent diligently, it may come as a big surprise to wake up one morning and receive a 30-day notice posted on your door. When it happened to me, I was very confused. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t even know what I did to deserve […]
I live in an legal apartment. I have an oral lease agreement with the owner but recently, I have not been very diligent in my payments. I am a single mother with two children. I lost one of my jobs recently so I’m only getting enough for our daily expenses and nothing left for the […]
I am an 84 year old single male living in a one bedroom apartment and my water sewer bill is $36.00 per month. My daughter owns a commerical building in the same town with 80-100 people per day using 3 toilets and 2 showers and her monthly bill is LESS. I have brought this to […]
I have a personal legal question, and hope you might be able to tell me if I am being scammed. My apartment complex put a note on my door the day before Thanksgiving, saying I have an outstanding balance on my account for pro rated rent from August 2009. (when I moved in) […]
Hi, I have signed a 2 year lease upon relocating to the united states – NY – about 6-7 months ago. things did not go too well, and my wife and i were not able to find a job, mainly due to having to take care of a completely disabled son. We have signed a […]
I moved into Brookside Manor apartments about a year ago. I did not know that my lease was going to renew itself automaticaly without signing it. I assumed it went month to month. Here when the lease automaticaly renewed my rent increased to about 70 dollars more a month. I can not afford to live […]
During an eviction, the court will interfere in a tenant – landlord dispute. Usually, a landlord will only file for an eviction if the tenant has already been served the 3 – day notice and has not made a payment still. However, as the court proceedings continue the tenant will stay in the apartment and […]
I’m stuck with a friend who is living with me but did not sign the lease. What happened was I was supposed to be living on my own but then a few months from the date that I moved in I realized that I couldn’t continue paying the rent. So since I’m still locked into […]