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Rent due!!

Cory IN Renter
Date: Thursday, January 8th, 2009 7:55 am
Category: General Topics, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A

My rent is due on the 1st of each month and because January 1st was a holiday I took my payment in on the 2nd.  My landlord sent me a late payment penalty for not paying on the 1st.  My understanding is that Indiana law requires businesses to accept payment the next business day should […]

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Toxic Mold

FurtherFedUp NY Renter
Date: Sunday, December 28th, 2008 11:18 am
Category: General Topics

We have rented a home for two years.  Over the course of the two years, lots of maintenance issues have cropped up that were covered up, either cosmetically or with a band-aid solution.  Most of these issues arise from a greater moisture problem in several areas of the house. Long story short, a skylight that […]

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Depreciation on carpets and walls

upset Renter FL Former Renter
Date: Friday, November 14th, 2008 12:58 pm
Category: General Topics

After 2 1/2 years I recently moved out of a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom condo, and I am faced with a bill for $1350.00 to clean the carpets, buff them and dye them . Also to paint the walls. (No major damage, just normal wear and tear) We throughly cleaned the carpets before we left, and a there […]

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Question about RPA Approval?

admin
Date: Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 8:16 am
Category: General Topics

I’m a new landlord and have a question about getting RPA Approval status.  I just purchased a duplex and after closing my agent told me the first thing to do as a new landlord was to get approved by the RPA.  Can anyone tell me how long it takes for approval status?  I just applied […]

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letter of complaints

jay OH renter
Date: Friday, November 7th, 2008 8:32 pm
Category: General Topics

My family is currently on housing assisstance, we are already applying for new places to live. We we’re forced to move due to the land lord failing to the work required on an inspection. We are getting out of here by Dec. 1. We hadn’t payed the rent for this month until today being payday […]

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Apartment utilities

obie323 CA Current Renter
Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2008 10:38 pm
Category: Frustrated Renter, General Topics, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

I’m a current renter who is on a lease agreement for 12 months.  My situation is regarding our utilities.  We moved into our townhome on a lease agreement for 12 months @ $1345 per month.  To our knowledge our utilities were paid by us in our $1345 rental amount.  We signed our lease agreement and […]

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property damage

Ant NJ renter
Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2008 6:11 pm
Category: General Topics

I damaged a linoleum floor when moving a piece of furniture. The suare foot area of the floor is aprroximately 100 square feet. The landlord said his homeowner’s insurance does not cover this and handed me an estimate of $1,600 for a new floor. My questions are – 1. Shouldn’t this be covered under the […]

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Rent Return…

Choon NY Current Renter
Date: Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 1:16 pm
Category: General Topics

I will terminate the lease early prior to the expiration date because I have to move out at Sept. 10th. I have to pay additional two month rent as lease-breaking fee and full rent for September even though I may not live in this apartment any longer. I understand the panalty, but I don’t understand the rent […]

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Rent Compensation

Alyssa PA Renter
Date: Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 6:07 am
Category: General Topics

It was discovered on 7/18 that we had a major gas leak in my apartment.  The gas company immediately came to shut off the gas, and repairs were unable to be made until the following week.  After the repairs were made, the gas company came back out to turn on the gas, but then found […]

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Increase in rent?

One Hurtin' Hokie VA College student, renting an off campus apartment
Date: Friday, July 25th, 2008 1:53 pm
Category: Frustrated Renter, General Topics, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A

I’m a student at Virginia Tech, and this year I’m living in the same apartment complex as I was last year. Because of roommate changes, I will now be living with a different number of roommates, and therefore we had to sign a new lease for a new apartment. In December we signed a lease […]

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