How to Get Your Security Deposit Back No matter what kind of apartment or rental house you lease; you’re always going to be forced to come up with a security deposit ranging from a few hundred dollars up to a couple of months worth of rent.  The purpose of paying the money is to protect […]

   My husband and I decided we needed to move across town to make commuting to work easier. We put in our 30 day notice and began to look for a new apartment. I found an add for a town home and called the owner who set up an appointment the same day for us […]

I had a lease with my former landlord that ended Sep 30, 2007. Before the lease expired, I spoke with him for a short-term extension. He agreed to extend to either March or April 2008 to give me time to find/purchase my own place and that I could sublease the place if I bought sooner […]

I recently moved out of an apartment located in Arkansas.  I signed my initial rental lease a little over five years ago.  I agreed to pay a higher rent in order to have a lease that was month to month.  My security deposit was $350 when I signed my lease.  After about three years my landlord […]

I’ve been in contact with my former landlords and now they are putting off talking about the deposit.  It has been a month since I have moved out and the landlords still claim they need to talk to some people.  Although since I last talked to them the husband has had some physical problems and […]

i paid what was going to be my new landlord on the lease agreement she stated that first months rent and animal deposit was due agust first it is going on the second week and she still has not done any repairs and i found my problems with the house and she never took the […]

My husband is stationed at Ft. Polk, LA.  We were renting a home in Rosepine, LA through a local rental broker.  We rented the home for 1 year and 1 month.  We never had any negative issues with the broker throughout the year and were under the impression that we had a good relationship with […]

I recently moved out of a townhome (I live in Virginia by the way).  My roomates and I own two dogs which left quite a lot of dog hair on the floor.  Otherwise there were no stains.  Our lease required that we have the carpets professionally cleaned with proof.  We, the renters, vacuumed and swept […]

I lived in a furnished duplex for about a year and a half on a month to month lease.  I thought I had a good relationship with the landlord, but now that I’m trying to get my deposit back they are accusing me damages that I had no part in.  There were stains in the […]

My husband an I recently moved out of our apartment into a house that we just purchased. We never had a lease at the apartment, though the landlord often said he would have us sign one, he never did. When we first moved into the apartment, we found out that the landlord had JUST purchased […]