Can a person who is renting an apartment apply for tax deductions? Or is it only applicable if you are a landlord? Most tenants ask these questions hoping that somehow they can get a refund every time they file for their tax returns. Now here is the fact, because a landlord pays most or all […]

We have rented a small property for the last year from a family trust. We have never been late with rent, have done much property improvement and put up with some inconviences over the year. Our relationship has always been good until this past Fall. The Trust has now changed and we were provided a […]

Just today, I was forced to move out by an eviction order carried out by sheriffs. In the process, leaving my possessions behind and being informed that the home that I was renting in has been foreclosed and purchased by an investor. Since the 8 month period that I have been renting I was never […]

I have been living in a house for several years, the latest lease that has been done was August of 2012 until August 2013. I pay 750.00 a month and I have a late fee of 25 dollars after the fifth of the month. The house was foreclosed on and I sent the new owners […]

I will be moving to a new apartment in a few weeks.   My current apartment does not have bed bugs, nor have I ever had a problem with them.    I just read some reviews of the new place I’ll be moving too (from last year, mid of year until now) and there are multiple mentions […]

Pplease help!!! My upstair neighbor has really bad squeeky noisy floor. I wrote him letter and email/phone contacted management office. No improvement over a year. Haven\’t been able to relocate. Please advise.

My land lord approached me about selling the home on craigs list. We made up a contract that stated that we could do a month to month lease. He was giving me compensation if I sold the home on craigs list. But when the house did not sell he decided to get a real estate […]

Browsing through the internet, one can find a lot of cases that tenants complain about their initial deposit not returned by the landlord when they decided not to move in. Now, before we go ahead and file a complaint or a lawsuit against the landlord, let us remember that there are two sides of every […]

It is common in most tenants to pay for the utilities of the apartment or house that they are renting. They also wished that the utilities bill will be addressed in their names so that they would know what they are paying for every month. Yet some landlords will not change the utilities bill to […]