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Date: Sunday, May 15th, 2011 4:53 am Category: Landlord Legal
Need advice on a landlord leaving a play/swing set for tenant use.

I have a few rental properties where the owners plan to leave a childrens’ play/swing set. What happens if a tenant’s child gets hurt? Should I put something in the lease stating play at own risk? Thank you!
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Date: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 12:46 pm Category: Agreements, Landlord Legal, Tenant Problems
Access to my property

I have a rental agreement with my tenant that states I can enter the property with 24 hours notice to show to a prospective new tenant.  They are refusing and saying there is a Nevada law that overrides my rental agreement indicating they can refuse.  I need to confirm this is true.  Any suggestions on where I [...]
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Date: Saturday, March 5th, 2011 12:21 pm Category: Landlord Legal
Regulated Rents

I want to start buying multifamilies in Brooklyn, but I don’t understand the rent control ramifications or what they are. I understant that some are free market rents, while others are regulated some how. Explain. thx, hr
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Date: Saturday, February 26th, 2011 8:38 pm Category: Landlord Legal, Landlord Stories, Tenant Problems
LANDLORD RIGHTS WITH TENANTS STEALING MY PROPERTY AND DOING ILLEGAL DRUGS

 I RENTED TO A HUSBAND AND WIFE. AFTER THEY WERE LIVING THERE A WHILE i BECAME VERY SUSPICIOUS. MY BELONGINGS WERE COMING UP MISSING. FOR ONE MY WEDDING RING AND ENGAGEMENT RING. THE HUSBAND WOULD GO INTO OUR GARAGE AND TAKE MY HUSBANDS TOOLS AND LOAN THEM OUT TO PEOPLE WE DID NOT KNOW, POSSIBLE [...]
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Date: Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 9:12 am Category: Landlord Legal
Laws on security deposit?

Does a landlord have to put the security deposit in a seperate account  even if he/she is still waiting for half of it? Mass
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Date: Thursday, December 9th, 2010 11:48 am Category: Landlord Legal
no heat, landlord not providing help

My Landlord has repeatedly come to my house to fix the heat. It has been 3 months. He repeatdly shows up under the influence of alcohol. We have only had propane tanks to heat our 3 bedroom 2 bath house. They are not reinbursing us for anything! What is the best legal action I could take?
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Date: Sunday, November 14th, 2010 6:10 pm Category: Eviction, Frustrated Landlord, Landlord Legal, Landlord Q & A, Landlord Stories, Legal Problem, Tenant Excuses
PROBLEMS WITH TENANT

WOULD LIKE TO START AN ORGANIZATION TO ASSIST LANDLORDS WITH SECTION 8 TENANTS WHO ARE ALLOWED TO DESTROY PROPERTY GET OVER ON THE COURT SYSTEM AND GO WITHOUT PAYING RENT. LANDLORDS NEED TO NEED TO ORGANIZE. IF INTERESTED E-MAIL ME AT QOL4317@AOL.COM MENTION LANDLORD AND I WILL RESPOND. TENANT OWES 7 MONTHS RENT AND SECTION 8 GAVE THEM [...]
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Date: Thursday, November 4th, 2010 10:48 am Category: Eviction
Threats of Eviction for disturbances we did not have any part of and are not responsible for

My son, age 25, is renting a duplex with two other friends. Yesterday he told me his landlords (husband and wife) called him and had him on a speaker phone. The landlords said there had been two complaints from neighbors — one where police were called — and if they receive one more complaint, they [...]
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Date: Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 9:57 am Category: Frustrated Landlord, Legal Problem, Tenant Problems
Tenant admits she brought in bed bugs

My tenant admits that she brought in the bed bugs into her apartment.  She told me her sister’s house has been infested with them for a long time.  She has admitted it repeatedly to me that she has known this and still let her kids come over to her apartment.  This happened on Friday.  We got [...]
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Date: Thursday, August 12th, 2010 4:42 am Category: Eviction
“non-tennat” removal

While I am a landlord in OH my son upon recently leaving the navy was unable to sell his home in Norfork, VA so……he rented it out without doing any landlording research OR talking to Dad.  Needless to say he has learned his lesson.  After three months of no rent on a verbal lease he [...]
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