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I live in complex that allows pets. They have pooper scooper stations setup throughout the property. However many of the pet owning tenants are in a word, ignorant. Every day I wake up and come home to dog feces strewn about the small lawns in from of my apartment. Several complaints to the complex managment […]
Is it a bad idea to rent to someone with bad credit?
I’m new to this landlording thing and not sure how much I can or should charge for a deposit. I’m renting out my property in California and don’t know if there is a max or minimum I should charge. I want to charge an amount that is competetive. Please let me know if you […]
I rented a townhome for a year. When I signed the lease I had XYZ as a landlord. Halfway through my lease, the townhomes I lived in were sold to my new landlord ABC. For starters, I wasn’t even aware the townhomes were for sale! At any rate, the new landlord resumed the same lease, and […]
Can an apartment manager come in to my apartment, into my bedroom, without my permission and take pictures?
I pay $950 a month for my rent. My rent is paid on time each month. My landlord refuses to fix anything in the home because he feels as though he would be losing out if he paid to fix things. The stove catches on fire. The heating/cooling system does not work. The plumbing is […]
Several months ago several girlfriends and I moved into a house that was listed as "As Is." The landlord had left curtains (with some kind of larvae bug on them) which we washed, but he didn’t clean any of the carpets, the kitchen, anything. The carpets were soiled and we stated that on the lease. […]
unsigned lease renting for 7 years perfect payment history major rentall repairs had to relocate who is responsible for paying temporary housing location fees living on fixed income
I moved from a house that me and my husband rented for 12 years. I gave the required 30 day notice to landlord.The day after moving I met with the landlord at the house to return the keys and do a walk through.All seemed to be o.k. A week later the landlord sends a condition […]
I live in a apartment in oregon we pay a set amount each month for water,sewer,trash. now starting in march a company is going to bill us for water used how the heck can they do this we have no water meter to record are use??? None of the 350+ apartments have a water meter