Fire and natural calamities are two things that could completely damage your rental property. But these are instances that come unexpected, leaving you no time to prepare. You may not be able to save all your belongings; in fact, in the haste to get out, you may only bring a few clothes with you. So […]

We rented a house with a two year lease agreement. One month after moving in, we received a notice on the door that the house was in default and would be sold at auction in however many days. Long story short, landlord claims they thought their loan modification went through, turns out it didn’t. But […]

I moved in to a rental home I have been there three weeks, I seen a few roaches here and there so they gave me bombs to bomb the house so I did…a week later I woke up with bites on me…I found bed bugs they sent me to a cheap hotel and had someone […]

My landlord gave me a notice to perform conditions or quit for a violation I did not committ. How do I respond?

We moved into our apartment on May 4 2011. In the lease we agreed to pay for water,we would be billed every quarter even though water here is payed bi-monthly. We signed the lease. We were never billed,invoiced,texted,or called by the landlord since then. On February 14 2013 we received a letter stating we owed […]

We live in milan il  at Oak Grove Trailor Park. In Dec 2012 the sewer stopped functioning .I called the manager  . The park owners came out looked at it said it was our resposability to fix . NO.I knew better.The sewer is theirs on the lot we rent.I had to call the health dept and state inspector to get […]

  Hi, My daughter had a judgement of Eviction placed on her record without her ever being served. This went to court and  Judge placed and eviction on her file. The eviction occured in August 2010, she lived in the apartment paying the rent every month up until December 2011. When she moved out her balanced […]

Although landlords have the right to increase the lease, they should only do so within the rent guideline. The rent guideline would discuss the reasons for a possible rent increase but it will not include a cap in the interest rate. If the landlord wants to increase the rent but beyond the rent guideline, then […]

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 […]