The lock/door handle on my apartment door failed recently, which left me locked in my apartment for six hours. I called the landlord’s office, which helped get me in touch with maintenance. The issue was resolved the next morning. The biggest issue for me is the maintenance worker told me this has happened several times […]

What rights do I have regarding moving and reinbursment regarding Bed Bugs in a rental apartment? I notified my landlord about 2 weeks ago about this problem. He has yet to do ANYTHING for me. I have 3 young children in my home and this is becoming a very big problem. He only replyd that the cost […]

The apartment building in which I was living was foreclosed earlier this year. The successor landlords did everything legally required of them, such as notifying me in writing that the lease was performed month-to-month etc. Now that I’ve moved out, theyre telling me to ask my old landlord for my security deposit back. However, according […]

On April 2012 I got a notice from my landlord for renewing our lease for an year. At that point we were already looking to buy house so we decided on going month on month. To do this we gave them written notice and asked them to give us copy of that notice and had […]

I had a burglary in my apartment recently and now I don’t feel safe in my apartment in Denver, CO anymore. I understand that burglaries can happen and that the landlord cannot be held responsible if proper precautions have been taken. However, in this case I feel that the landlord’s negligence contributed to this burglary. […]

I have currently rented a house for 6 months that since day 1 has had this cloying smell of urine in th downstairs laundry room. Now normally I look to the carpets for this type of problem, however in this instance the room has a tiled floor which no amount of bleaching has diminished the smell. […]

So my girlfriend and I broke the number one renter rule, we signed before seeing our actual apartment just the model.  We moved in November 26th and we have had 18 maintenance requests.  These have been from the heater going out, water leaks under the sink, to massive gaps around the door causing serious air […]

I have been renting my appartment from past 5 years. Since last month I have been having bed bugs problem in my appartment. I am scared of asking my leasing office for extermination because they might blame me for the bed bug problem. Currently in my area there is huge influx of people and there […]

My question involves florida landlord tenant law I own a small complex, 5 apartments, and recently lost a tenant who was moving out of state. I immediately got two applicants both which I screened using http://www.tenantverification.com/. The first of the two had decent credit and met my income requirements but the second had outstanding credit […]

What is the highest temperature in a rental that is considered habitable?  My apartment has an evaporative cooler, which does very little cooling during the monsoon season; monsoons last for 2 to 3 months in Arizona.  The temperature gets as high as 88 degrees by late afternoon, and doesn’t cool off until midnight.  Is this legal?  […]