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I am a disabled person with a minor child and my husband is not well, has a heart condition. The landlord claims the house we live in can’t be insured. We moved in Feb.1, 2011.Its a one yearlease. Can I get additional monies to help us move? what if we can’t find a place for the […]
I purchased a condo that had a Property manager and is rented to a tenant. The property manager and owner have not provided keys to the property and the tenant has not made any contact after repeated attempts. I posted a letter on the door and have made numerous calls. I am trying to resell […]
Payed first months rent and security. Landlord showed me the lease said he’d type it up and would return it for me to signed. But for unforseen circumstances I can’t take the appartment. Called him on the 5 th after not having moved in he call me back the 7th saying he can only give […]
I have a family of three living above me. They have a small child and 2 dogs and they are quite noisy. The man who lives there has talked to me about trying to keep the noise down but doesn’t. His child and the dogs constantly runs around and plays a lot. He just recently […]
I am currently in a home lease (7 months in of a 36 month lease) with an option to purchase after 24 months. The landlord put in the lease that we were responsible for all repairs & maintenance. He also put in the house contract that all maintenace is considered routine. I’m not sure why […]
I rent an upstairs 1 bedroom in a fairly large apartment complex in Oklahoma that is managed by a large property management company. I have noticed a few things and some changes that have been made recently that I’m not sure are legal. 1. There was a notice sent to all residents a few months […]
New York Found out that the apartment I am renting is illegal. Also found out that the person who I thought was my landlord does not own the house and was not authorized to sublease anything , let alone an illegal apartment. They are holding a month’s security . I spoke to the true owners who […]
BECAUSE WE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NEXT DOOR TENANT LEAVING THE AFTERMATH OF HIM CUTTING THE IN FRONT OF OUR WALK WAY WE WAS CONFRONTED NOT ONLY BY PROPERTY MANAGER BUT BY THE MANAGEMENT OWNER MIND YOU THE NEXT DOOR TENANT IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER ‘S SON AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO LEAVE 2DAYS LATER
We were shown a property that we wanted to rent. We wrote a check to the landlord for $300 but the property management owner who showed us the property would not take the check unit he showed the property to another couple who looked at the property right after we did. After the couple left […]
I am a person with disability but I have been renting all my life. I just moved to another state and tried to get an apartment. I went to Craigslist and found this beautiful apartment that has a ramp – perfect for my wheelchair. So I went over to get the answers to some additional […]