I rented an apartment in NC. Whiel moving in I have to sign bedbug addendum. Which makes tenant resposnsible for the payment incase of bed bug infestation. After I moved in we found bedbug. Now owner is asking me to pay for treatment. The addendum says tenant may be responsible for treatment. As per present […]

Is there a cap on a rent increase? I have a lease which is about to expire, currently pay $560, it will go up to $630 for another year lease, $670 for 9 months lease, $710 for 6 month lease or $898 for month to month. This seems to be an outrageous increase and I […]

I moved into a basement about 2 months ago, the lady was nice and cordigal, she stated she was going to have a entrance and exit built so I would have access without going thru the garage and thru her house,  then she lost her job or forced retirement and since has been losing it, […]

hi I recently moved into my bfs apartment and we have a bug problem. (one of many problems) Roaches in particular everywhere…The land lord has been contacted several times and basically says they will send someone to spray…well they’ve sprayed 6 times at least over the course of 3 months and bombed the whole place […]

Hello, I am a single mother of two boys, and a full-time student; after I lost my job in 2009 I decided to return back to school to finish my BS degree.  I have had part-time jobs but all temp. work; nothing steady.  I have little money for rent, and every were I turn for […]

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I currently find myself caught up in a difficult situation and would like to know if it may be possible to gain some advice on the issue. I signed a lease for an apartment in West Virginia on August the fourth, 2009. The lease is one year in length and terminates on August 31th 2010. […]

going into my fourth month in this apt and they can’t get rid of the roaches! what do i do? do i have to stay here?? please help.

            My tenant since 2005 lost his job, elderly ill parents, Mom passes-you get the picture. Long story short, he stops paying rent in March 2011. Seems my kindness was taken as weakness and he only showed his face on Tragedy Tuesdays! At the risk of "Casper" being the next statistic, he was servered […]

I have one other roommate. She is two months behind on her rent but has been paying every month. The landlord and her have agreed that she would pay the rent in summer when there is more work available. After they agree on this shortly after he will start asking about the rent and even […]