I was renting a house in Orlando, Florida. The lease began on April 1, 2012 and ended on December 31, 2012. My roommate and I had access to the entire house with the exception of the master bedroom which the landlord kept locked and used for storage. Our landlord was supposed to be out of [...]

Is there a cap on a rent increase? I have a lease which is about to expire, currently pay $560, it will go up to $630 for another year lease, $670 for 9 months lease, $710 for 6 month lease or $898 for month to month. This seems to be an outrageous increase and I [...]

I moved into a basement about 2 months ago, the lady was nice and cordigal, she stated she was going to have a entrance and exit built so I would have access without going thru the garage and thru her house,  then she lost her job or forced retirement and since has been losing it, [...]

hi I recently moved into my bfs apartment and we have a bug problem. (one of many problems) Roaches in particular everywhere…The land lord has been contacted several times and basically says they will send someone to spray…well they’ve sprayed 6 times at least over the course of 3 months and bombed the whole place [...]

Hello, I am a single mother of two boys, and a full-time student; after I lost my job in 2009 I decided to return back to school to finish my BS degree.  I have had part-time jobs but all temp. work; nothing steady.  I have little money for rent, and every were I turn for [...]

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Originally posted 2011-05-04 12:06:35.

going into my fourth month in this apt and they can’t get rid of the roaches! what do i do? do i have to stay here?? please help.

I have one other roommate. She is two months behind on her rent but has been paying every month. The landlord and her have agreed that she would pay the rent in summer when there is more work available. After they agree on this shortly after he will start asking about the rent and even [...]

A friend of mine who lives in union county, nj has not resigned the lease to their apartment since 2009 due to the initial landlord passing away. However they have been staying there up until the beginning of 2012. Their broiler broke in October 2011 and there was mold throughout the [...]

Hello..I just moved in today in a house who were renting one of the rooms they have with a bathroom as well..after moving in my stuff, I went out at my friends place and when I came back to the new room to sleep in night, I have found many bedbugs due to which I [...]

I just moved into a townhome. I am a first time renter. My place is heated by gas, my stove as well as my water. When I smelled gas in my place last friday I checked all my outlets and came back empty handed. I called the gas company and they came out and inspected. [...]

Our downstairs neighbor clearly hates children. He keeps complaining to the landlord that my children are running and jumping even though they very rarely do, and I usually stop them quickly (due to his constant complaints). We were recently called and told that we would be served with a "final notice to comply" (although we [...]

I work for the apartments that I live at. Last paycheck we were due for our bonuses and thats when I pay rent & late fees otherwise I wont have anything for other bills food or gas each month. I was just informed by my manager that if I dont pay rent by TOMORROW they [...]

I am moving out of one apartment and was hoping to move into a place that I really liked. I am moving to avoid eviction. The prospective landlord faxed in a paper to my current landlord who in turn stated on the paper that our eviction processed have already started. Here’s the problem. My boyfriend [...]

We moved into an apt in october 2011, two weeks later I found out we had cockroaches, they have had three exterminators in to try to resolve it! But in which it has made it worse and have found them spreading all over. Also landlord did not inform us of this problem when we firsted [...]

My apartments are charging me for replacing the carpets after I moved out. I intend to pay for it but they are refusing to give me a copy of the actual bill from the carpet company. They will only show me the estimate. The estimate has prices crossed out and handwritten other charges in there [...]

Hi. I am in an extremely tough situation, being that I live in Los Angeles in a two bedroom/two bathroom apartment – I have the 2nd bedroom & a couple (he is 30, she is 22) live in the master bedroom. I am 19 years old and this is the first time MY name is [...]

  
  I received a 3 day notice to pay or quit 04/22/12 for October 2011, I was unable to find a copy of the money order, but I do know that in October when I was on my way to the office, Joyce
(Property Manager) was standing outside and I handed her my money order
 

hi there. i have lived in the same apartment for 3 years, on a busy street.the back part of the apartment has always been a quiet place to go away from the noise.a few months ago a new business opened up next door on property owned by my landlord.its an auto glass repair shop. their [...]

I have called my landlord and sent emails about repairs that need to be done to the house that I am renting and they are not responding. I would like assistance with getting a landlord to do their part when renting to someone.  I pay my rent on time and do not like being avoided [...]