I live in an apartment and was recently asked by the landlord to help him by vacuuming the hallway because another tenant was going to be steam cleaning there apartment and he just wanted the hallway cleaned so they can steam the hall too.He did not tell me she had bedbugs and that was why […]

When living in an apartment complex, you’d have to live with noise. Always bear in mind that there are other families living in the same building so noise in inevitable. You cannot file a complaint for every creak and talk to you hear through your apartment walls. With that said, you cannot be too sensitive […]

Black mold is quickly becoming a legal nuisance because of the way it spreads and the health hazards that it creates. The good thing about it is that its life cycle is pretty much known to everyone so it’s easy to spot them. Mold, of any kind, thrives in moist places – fiber, ceiling, wall […]

I just moved into a duplex and got my LADWP bill and noticed the sanitation charge on it. Am I responsable for this charge?

  My tenant received very high electricity bills for the past few months. They did not notify me until January 11. I had the unit inspected and found that the heat pump was stuck on. I had the unit repaired and in good working order on January 19th. I offered to pay for the entire […]

i dont know what to do my landlords wont fix my clogged drains in the kitchen and the toilet it wont even flush all the way also they promised to fix my bathroom light and havent done that either do i still have to continue to pay rent please help

I live in California and I know that my landlord can enter my apartment without permission but only if it’s an emergency. And by emergency, that means in the event of fire, and leaks and so on. But I have a very nosy landlord who asks who my visitors are, checks my mail and I […]

Paid rent on time fore 1.5 yrs. land lady mooved drug dealers in next door. i refused to pay until they wer gone. Its been 6 months of people dealing drugs in my front yard. Now land lady wants to evict me fore non payment. what to do.

Hi,  I rent a single family home in Milwaukee, Wi. We were just given notice by our landlord on Jan 11th 2013 that on Feb 4th 2013 she has the motion hearing for the property to be foreclosed. If it does get foreclosed then we will have 90 days to vacate the premises. As you […]

For renters living in their apartments and paying rent diligently, it may come as a big surprise to wake up one morning and receive a 30-day notice posted on your door. When it happened to me, I was very confused. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t even know what I did to deserve […]