Hello everyone. Here in GA there has been a lot of rain this summer. There was a leak in my ceiling and I sent pictures to my landlord on July 8 asking for him to fix the leak. I hadn’t heard anything from him until July 22 when I called and asked is somebody coming […]

My landlord and I discussed my lease in January as I was scheduled to move out February 28th. I explained that I did not have the time or money to move and that I would like to stay. She asked how long, I said August. We then discussed that at length and she asked me […]

How to Get Your Security Deposit Back No matter what kind of apartment or rental house you lease; you’re always going to be forced to come up with a security deposit ranging from a few hundred dollars up to a couple of months worth of rent.  The purpose of paying the money is to protect […]

My land lord is discriminating with the rental rates. New renters are charge $1250 and old long term renters are paying $1450. Now the landlord has sent me a Notice of Termination of Tenancy for July 31, 2011. Can they do this since I have paid my rent?

I just moved out of my apartment after 4 months of living there and I just recieved notice that they ripped out all the carepts and need to replace them because of pet damage. Can they do this without notifying me first?

I am behind in rent, I told my landlord my situation and when I could catch up, I even went so far to sign a promissary note.  My situation changed and I couldn’t uphold my end, I told him and he went ballistic, gave me a 3 day notice and and told me I had […]

I’m just looking for some advice with how I should handle my noisy landlord that now lives above us. He has a nine year old son that visits quite frequently. Every time his son visits he uses their apartment for an inside basketball court. Most of the time the dribbling lasts for hours and is […]

Hello! I am a tenant renting a house in a cold climate where in the middle of winter the old gas furnace has a hard time heating the house. When we first moved in there were record low temps that burst pipes, and we were instructed to keep the house a certain temp to prevent […]

I moved out of an apartment in Tucson, Arizona, and moved back to Soputhern California, and my old landlord has claimed I owe money beyond my security deposit. He’s claiming money for cleaning the apartment, cleaning the carpet and repainting the interior. – Is this normal? – Shouldn’t the landlord carry some/most/all burden as operational […]

Hi, My landlord said there is no need to fix the fireplace in out rental becuase we have a gas furnace. But we hardly ever use the gas furnace. The heat from the fireplace is all we need. She asked that we shut it off, and turn the gas off and leave it. My husband […]