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So my husband and I paid first, last and deposit on this apartment and were getting our stuff moved in last night when we saw bugs. Like cockroaches everywhere! We never signed a lease and were NEVER told there were bugs. We have a 1 year old baby; we cannot live with bugs! They told [...]

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friend moved out but won`t take his name off lease.  Says he can still come into my house anytime he wants to, when I got a couch (he took all furniture) he just comes in and takes it.  Says he can take anything I buy.  Came in the other day, son was home, heard someone [...]

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We moved into a house with a shared utility meter. The rental agreement states as follows: UTILITIES: Payment of all utilities charges shall be the responsibility of Resident(s), with the exception of Electricity which is combined w/ XXXXB XXXXXXXX Ave. which shall be paid by LandLord. With respect to the utilities charges listed above to [...]

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I have a bedbug problem in my apartment that I rent. Ive been here since Sept. and it is now Feb. Ive brought the problem to the attention of my landlord and they say that they are going to treat room to room seperately in treatments. They’ve also said theyre not going to pay for [...]

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I have a large custom 2 family house in NYC. I reside in one apartment with my son. I rent the other apartment to a couple for a few years now with a Lease. The 2 year Lease was renewed last year.I have one large water heater and one water meter. I got talked down [...]

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Since moving into this apt. Oct. 2006, I have repeatedly (8-10 times) complained to the Mgr. about my noisy apartment due to children running, screaming, playing in the hallways and my very noisy upstairs neighbors.  After each complaint, it would be bettter for a week or so, and then escalate back to the previous level of noise [...]

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In the first week of April in 2011 on her deathbed, my grandmother asked that I move into the condo with my brother and sister in order to helpr with my grandfather who has dementia and is bedridden.In late March 2013 my grandfather went into hospis care. On april 5 2013 my brother gave me [...]

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The house Im renting is in foreclosure and I just found out 3 weeks ago by notice on my front door which the aution was scheduled today. my landlord tect me to put rent in her bank account so she could pay for her daughters graduation. apparently shes trying to modify the loan unemployeed. in [...]

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we short sold our condo to a realtor, who in turn rented it back to us. She never did an inspection. when we move out, she is responsible for any imperfections, correct? there is no way she could say these came about after we started renting from her. Right?

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So i moved out of my old place over a month ago, I had tried to contact my landlord over and over requesting my secuirty deposit. In wisconsin I believe they have 21 days to get you the deposit or an itemized receipt. Anyways, this is what i recieved from him (see below).  Item 1. [...]

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