the landlord put my and three other tenants full social security number, and full name on the lease. Then he emailed the lease as a pdf to all three tenants. i am worried about identity theft/fraud. What steps could I take to protect myself?

We paid a non-refundable pet deposit on move in. Just recently moved out, and the landlord is stating that all carpet, and padding and subflooring has to be replaced because of a urine smell in the house. Can they do this?   The carpet was probably a few years old when we moved in. lived […]

I have been living at this residents for about 3 years and my landlord hasnt fixed anything since ive moved in.  Theres 3 apartments in this building and the upstairs apt. brought bed bugs in and now I got them.  I started getting them in feb. of 2010 and i still have them.  how do i file […]

My husband and I are having an issue with our previous landlord, and i’m not sure where to go from here. We have lived at our new place for just over 2 months now, moving here on Aug. 28, and had our walkthrough with our previous landlord on Sept 4, i had sent him a […]

I am helping a couple get a VA mortgage loan because they got a NOTICE on their door several weeks ago that indicated the house they are renting is going into default and they have 30 days to evacuate.  They have rented there for 3 .5 years, always paid on time. They want to use […]

I have a question regarding paying the water bill…as this is the first time in the 25 years I have rented I’ve been asked by the landlord to pay.  I live in a duplex, the landlord and his wife live on the other side.  There is 1 water meter on the building and they pay […]

I am renting a house and was just told that the house is going to be put up for short sale.  The realtor is telling us we have to stay for the 60 days notice period and cannot move out early and break or lease.  We would like to leave early and secure another place […]

I recently found bedbugs in my apartment. I have been living here for years and never had any issue. I recently renewed the lease and the bedbug issue happened soon after this. The landlord sent the pest control promptly and its been a week now and the apartment seems relatively free of bugs. However they […]

We just had a fire and ther landlord wants us to go into the house when the ceiling is falling down and clean up our burnt items

The apartment our son lives in began to flood so he called the maintenance crew of the apartment complex. They arrived and turned off the water but later told him that they wouldn’t be able to keep the water turned off because other people in his building needed to take showers in the morning.  They […]