I have been renting this basement apratment for almost 2 yrs.  Landlord has never given me a receipt which i have asked for.  My son is coming from Tx and I informed her of this… She stated that if he comes she will not allow this and that i would have to leave.  I kindly […]

I wanted to share with the community a new landlord tenant review website I bumped into yesterday. The site is www.donotrent.com Users can search and post reviews of pretty much every type of rental property and also can discuss about  landlords and tenants rights. It also has a social networking side unlike their competition such […]

I was wondering if I was responsible for replacing carpet in a home I am about to move out of.  It was new when I moved in, but it was some cheap stuff that wasn’t even installed correctly.  The first time I vaccumed the carpet it started to shred.  and now after three years, the […]

I am 58 years old and recently rented an apt. to be closer to work.  It is an older house that has been converted into 3 apt. units.  2 upstairs, mine is the smaller of the 2 upstairs and then the entire downstairs is the biggest of the apts.  I did not find out until […]

The apartments that I live in have been doing upgrades with the water pipes. They came in my apartment replaced the pipes and "patched" up the wholes in the walls that they caused. I also have a whole in my shower wall that they covered up with plastic. It has been 5 months now and […]

The home I am renting has a major leak and black mold. I first noticed the black mold in a downstairs laundry room. A day or so later I noticed the carpet in the connected room closet was wet. I took everything out of the closet and since then it has gotten progressively worse. I […]

I am disabled can my landlord evict me and only give me a 10 day notice?

hi, i live in california and its a house that is split into a duplex. my  husband and i noticed a sewer leak in our laundry room and reported it. our land lord had put off fixing it due to his money situation and its been over a month. we just found out that our […]

I live in an apartment in a historic building with paper thin walls.  I understand this and ignore resonable noise at all hours, but 2 weeks ago one of my neighbors in the building on a Tuesday night threw a party that lasted till 6:30 in the morning with over 30 people and the stero […]

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