A Tenant’s Rights to Landlord Repairs A tenant has a right to live a habitable rental property, but what about cosmetic or minor problems that an apartment or rental house has. What repairs are landlords forced to repair, and what kinds of repairs may a landlord ignore?   Tenant Rights on Repairs: What must […]

Hello We just found bedbugs in our apartment and went to see our apartment bldg manager about what we should do next. They informed us that we are completely and solely responsible, and that we have to take care of the cost of this completely by ourselves, which is in excess of $750. And if […]

“We are renting in a bottom apartment as we are an old couple and could absolutely not make it through a whole flight of stairs anymore. We were doing fine the first couple of months but when people moved in at the apartments above us, everything went to hell. They have children running around and […]

People do this all the time. But can you really? Well, that depends on a lot of things. There are some states like New Jersey that allows you to do that and there are also states like Texas that makes it illegal to do so.  Security Deposits are a certain amount of money usually the […]

I totally fulfiled by rental agreement and I cleaned my apartment and returned keys ahead of time.  i spoke to the leasing agency and was told that all my paper work was in order and I’d receive my refundable deposit in 14 days.  It has now been over 30 days and has spoken to the leasing agency by […]

We signed a 12 mo lease on 2012.  we were of the understanding the lease would end on 4/2/2013.  we just noticed on the very bottom of the lease, it goes until 4/30/2013.  that means we have to pay 13 mos on a 12 mo lease, can they do that?

I moved into this house because my son was not allowed to stay in the apartments that I was living in because he had a felony. So therefore I moved into this house. The landlord is an old man who just does not listen to reason. the agreement was that he would let me movi […]

My neighbor has a leak under his kitchen for the past 2 days because its the weekend he couldn\\\’t get touch with anyone.. We finally got a hold of the homeowners association.. They turned off the hot water around 11:00 this morning they said they won\\\’t fix it until tomorrow because of the weekend overtime.. […]

I have four pages of documentation concerning this landlord’s behavior.  I have sought help from local law enforcement, a tenant attorney and local housing authority to no avail. I will not mention everything for obvious reasons.  I have asked this landlord three times to address a mold problem in the bathroom I use.  She continues […]

I have to rentals in 2 different states that the renters just stopped paying rent after a couple months this resulted in mortgage not being paid and now foreclosure. How do I get them out if I cant afford a lawyer to evict? One is in Massachusetts which I signed a deed en lieu in […]