My son and 3 friends leased an apartment near campus.    When they toured the apartment, the landlord assured them he would have it professionally cleaned before they moved in.   The tenants at the time were big partiers and the apartment was a mess, with clutter all over effectively  hiding the true condition of the apartment.    […]

Please help! My fiancée and I moved into a new apartment together in May 2010.  Ever since, it has been a horrible experience with problem after problem.  In the first week at the new apartment, we had mice in the walls and ceiling of the apartment.  We discussed the problem with our apartment leasing office numerous times. […]

The neighbors above my apartment had a bed bug problem, and a month later we discovered the bugs in my apartment. The landlord would not let us hire our own pest control company, she forced her company on us and charged us $350 for the service.  We have since discovered that the pest control company […]

I just moved into my new apt last weekend, my landlord has been hanging around doing property improvements which is fine, but he is very rude to anyone comes to my home, is this legal and what should I do?

In November, near holiday season my husband and I fell 2 days behind on paying our rent.  Our landlord shoved her way into our home and refused to leave until rent was paid.  This lead to a verbal confrontation with my husband.  The verbal turned phsyical, she began poking him repeatedly in the chest demanding […]

A couple of my friends and I unfortunately fell into a horrible rental situation while at school. Basically, we were short on time and all 5 of us were looking for a lot of different things that a lot of the apartments in the neighborhood didn’t offer. Anyways… We ended up at this apartment that […]

Is there a place I can see my renters credit rating?  If I have any evictions (My lease was up and they told me to leave because of my pets) but thern later on I was told I didn’t leave a notice.

My husband and I just moved into our new place of residence in May of this year.  It is the upper level of an upper and lower duplex.  Our landlord is an older woman, probably in late 60’s to mid 70’s.  When we viewed the place before we moved in, she was anxious to get […]

My wife and I found an apartment we loved and put a deposit on it so that the agent would take it off the market while we were being approved. We also paid a $50 application fee. The landlord approved us, and offered us another apartmentment if we can wait a month, but gave the […]

my landlord charged me 2 months security in nj. she did provide me with where it was 30 days after we moved in, but not since then, it has been a year and a half. i want to use 1/2 month rent she charged me extra and apply towards rent owed. i have fallen behind […]