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Need tuckpointing… Wet walls peeling paint mildew and mold what are my rights?

jes625 MO New Renter
Date: Friday, September 10th, 2010 11:53 am
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

I just moved in to this apartment, the paint is peeling on the northern exterior wall. I have tried to repaint the wall and the old paint peeled off with the new. There are signs of mold and a distict oder of mildew. The building is 100+ years old and I have heard that this […]

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new move in to find out bedbugs

bedbug nightmare CA new renter
Date: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 12:49 am
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A

I moved into an apartment 3 weeks ago. The second day in the new place I wake up to find bites all over my arms and legs, and blood trails on my sheets – we dicover the apartment has bedbugs.  When we moved in, the landlord made my roommate and I sign a waver stating […]

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Crime in apartment complex

jo FL student
Date: Friday, September 3rd, 2010 11:13 pm
Category: Apartment Complaint, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories

Moved in a few weeks ago. Went out for the first time tonight since I moved in. When I came back, a window was broken and I had been burglarized, lost thousands in music equipment, laptop, tv. It’s Friday night. Made out the police report. The office is closed until Monday. Am trying to find an […]

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Annoying bass

Momma NM Renter
Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 12:02 pm
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

We moved in to our apt 2 months ago. Since day 2 we have had bass issues with the down stairs tenants. Its almost a daily thing. We had called and called the management office (as well as trying to talk with the tenants our selves) and nothing happend until I contacted their boss. They […]

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lardlord wont return my security deposit

Maggie SC Renter, who's really mad
Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 10:23 am
Category: Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

I live in the State of California and I recently moved out from my old apartment, I was in a month to month rent.  When we decided to move out I called my last landlord and adviced her I was moving out the end of the month she said ok I’m really happy with you […]

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leases

monica NY renter
Date: Monday, August 30th, 2010 12:21 am
Category: Legal Questions

monica is it illegal two rent a apartment with two different leases with two  different amounts for the same unit.and is it ilegal to rent a apartment with rooms outside of the apartment or can you rent a unit with rooms out side of the apartment or does the apartment have to be whole as one […]

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Fees sent to collection 2 years after having lived there.

CougarCourt ID Former Renter
Date: Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 11:16 am
Category: Legal Questions

I’m looking for some legal advice or suggestions on how to deal with a property management company that has recently sent fee,s to be paid, to collections. The company, Axiom Property Management, had recently taken over the property just before we left Cougar Court Apartments – Rexburg, ID. The onsite management did a thorough inspection […]

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Landlord won’t return security deposit

Karen W SC parent of a college student who is a former renter
Date: Monday, August 23rd, 2010 10:12 pm
Category: Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

My son’s lease expired in July 2010 at a house he and 3 others rented in Charleston, SC for his junior year at college.  My son and one other housemate moved out.  They requested their security deposit from their landlord.  He inspected the house and told the boys he doesn’t have the money and that […]

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landlord lied dog allowed in lease

kat PA current renter
Date: Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 6:58 pm
Category: Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

my landlord lied said my dog was ok put in lease never told me of HOA climate has been hostile have to move 9 months before dated expiration of lease at personal expense  

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Rental In Foreclosure? New Law to Protect Renters Rights

Dan FL Rental Expert
Date: Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 8:26 am
Category: Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A

(NAPSI)-There is good news for renters. A new federal law may provide them with more security and peace of mind when their landlords fail to pay their mortgage. As the number of foreclosures has increased across the country, some renters in good standing have received a nasty surprise–immediate eviction–when the houses, apartments or condos they […]

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