Renter in florida

I recently moved into a new condo. A week after moving in, the tons and tons of ants started showing up. 
Because I moved across the country, the only thing I have right now is a bed, and some boxes of personal things. I don’t have ANY furnture, so it is HIGHLY unlikely I [...]

Hi Guys and Gals!

I hope everyone’s doing great. 

First off, I really don’t have issues with my apartment right now and thanks GOD! I’m a new renter but so far so good and fingers cross, I won;t have any problem in the future. It’s a good thing I found an RPA certified landlord and we’re cool. [...]

OK, first problem with our complex is poor management, poor lighting and poor grounds.  Our landlord/manager is NEVER on premise, and his super is a husband and wife.  The husband recentely got out of jail, but when I moved in the wife told us he was not here because he was working.  Apparently he did [...]

Our lease is up at the end of this month and we’re in the process of moving, but we just found out that one of our landlords has let people inside our apartment at least 3 times in the last week or so without giving us notice of any kind. The lease clearly states that 24 hours notice [...]

I have a lease agreement that expires in November 2012. I need to break lease and am planning on moving out by March 1. I verbally told the landlord of my plans, and he told me he would charge me a $2,600 realtor fee (equal to one month’s rent), and would list the unit to [...]

I’ve been renting for about 7 months now. I have a mold problem. I first saw the mold about a month ago and mentioned it to our management company. They said "just clean it with bleach. If it comes back, we’ll have somebody come out to look at it." Everything I’ve read says bleach takes [...]

I recently entered into a month to month rental agreement with a HomeOwner (also a friend) who was moving to another state in pursuit of a new career.  I knew the Home Owner was in the process of initiaiting a short sale and had approached him with a proposal.  The proposal and rental agreement was [...]

I can no longer afford my rent, I plan on moving to a place that won’t kill my pocket and I need to break my lease. Being that I already can’t afford my rent I certainly can’t afford to pay through the end of my lease AND the termination fee is $400! I need advice [...]

my husband and i have been renting from our landlord since march 2011, we were in a 2 bedroom trailer but moved into one of his 3 bedrooms. we were paying rent religilsy up until winter hit. we found out that the trailer did not have heat and we have a 5 year old and [...]

i paid what was going to be my new landlord on the lease agreement she stated that first months rent and animal deposit was due agust first it is going on the second week and she still has not done any repairs and i found my problems with the house and she never took the [...]

Hi there…i am about to move into my first apartment. it’s a two-bedroom half house, and since it is a two bedroom, i need to get a housemate. the original person who was going to be moving in with me flaked at the very last minute, leaving me to sign a lease and pay the [...]

Hi I need some advice! My roommate and I have been residing in our current apartment since last April. We are both working professionals, quiet, pay our rent on time, respectful, and are very clean. Since day one, we have been harrassed by our landlord who lives on the first floor. She calls at all hours [...]

I have lived in my apartment for almost 2 years.  I live in a 4-plex apartment, 3 of 4 four apartments have been occupied by the same people for my entire stay here.  I have never had an issue with any type of bug until 6-7 months ago I had a neighbor move into the [...]

my landlord is threatening to evict me based on a complaint about my dog attacking another tenants dog. My side of the story was never asked for. no damage was done to the other dog because the socalled attack was broken up before any damage to either dog. My dog did slip out of his [...]

I paid a deposit in Oct. of 2001 when my husband and I moved into our apartment. We moved out Nov. of 2008 and now my landlord has no record of this depost amount. Additionally, the landlord is charging us for carpet cleaning and new paint for the walls. There is no excessive wear [...]

My friend just moved into an apartment that smells very mildewy and moldy.  There is also visible mold in all of the windowsills.  The landlord had shampooed the carpets before my friend moved in, and there was no ventilation and OR is a wet state.  I’m not sure if that is why the mold is [...]

I got a letter three months ago saying that my rent would increase from 1600 to 1800 for personal reasons. the next month I sent to the office expecting to pay the new amount. The lady at the office said my balance was $1600. So I paid it and got my receipt. I did that [...]

My wife and I may need to move for my job but we are in the middle of  a one year apartment lease. I am new to Colorado so I don’t know what the laws regarding breaking an apartment lease in this state. What are the laws and requirements?

We rented an apartment recently for a short-term rental.  A day after we signed the rental contract – during which we were told the apartment had electric heat, the management company let us know that no, it was not electric, but oil.  We would need to write a check to the previous tenant for the [...]

my roommate complained that there was pet odor in my apartment. my landlord told me verbally that there was no smell and my lease says all i had to do is have the carpets professionally shampooed when i left. i requested by email that i could break my lease early because my roommate constantly harassed [...]