When I moved into my previous address, the landlord said "Water is in our name, and you will need to switch it into your own."  After moving in, I researched the water department and found out I would need a copy of our signed lease.  We had not received a signed copy yet, so I […]

  I have been managing a senior retirement community in Fort Wayne INdiana for 1 year now and several times I have had residents who are moving to our community get out of their existing apartment lease because they are moving to "a higher level of care" I have just run into a situation where […]

I was served with foreclosure papers on the property I am renting. The landlord told me that he stopped making his mortgage payment to force the bank to modify the loans!!!! I recently renewed my lease for one year. The landlord knew at that time he was in trouble but signed the renewal anyway. The […]

Does Califonia set a minimum temperature for its warranty of habitability.  I know of a circumstance where to keep the utility bills low the landlord insists on setting the thermostat as low as it can go (like in the 50s) and says everyone should just put on down coats. 

I need some advice on how to handle all this. We moved into this unit in Aurora, CO and agreed to have some stains in the carpet because the landlord did not want to change the carpet because we have two small dogs. The day we moved in in April 2010 we noticed that there […]

I rent a private Condo in Bellevue, WA. My current lease expires on 30 June, 2010. I have got a new job on east coast and have to leave the current condo on 16th July, 2010. I sent a written notice to Landlord via email on 06/18/2010 that I would vacate condo on 07/17/2010. Although […]

Hello- me and my boyfriend rented a mobile home from a 67 year old lady.  The mobile home was on her 12 acres and her house was directly in front of the mobile home.  We could not stand this lady, as she is a pyscho.  Always watching us, going outside when we were out there, opening […]

I welcome feedback here!  This is what I’ve experienced.  I entered into a verbal arrangement with a 44-yr old man who was the only remaining tenant in a 3 Br Townhome in an upscale neighborhood in Pasadena, CA.  I was told the cost for my room would be $1000/mo including utilities and that the other […]

Is is illegal for Calif landlords to nail your windows shut? Are Calif landlords allowed to overcharge you for rent (ie. Rented us a 2 bedroom but legally its a one bedroom)?

I have an oral contract with a landlord for renting his home for one year.  Our agreement was to clean out the house (previous tenant trashed house) and make repairs, which we could move in after the cleanout and make repairs while we lived here, there was no assigned timeline on repairs.   We have done […]