We have lived in the same apartment complex for 3 yrs.  We asked the management to trim the palm trees from our lania because rats were jumping from the tree to the building and we didn’t want them to get inside.  They eventually trimmed the trees but it was too late.  The rats are in […]

  What real protection is there for a renter against a dishonest landlord. I went through magistrate and even have lien filed through clerk of judicial records but still no security returned as per magistrate order. What am I to do,this does not seem fair! HELP PLEASE

My furnance went out in Nov 2010 and my landlord have not fixed it yet and this has been since nov 2010 what can I do?

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. […]