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 paid a deposit in Oct. of 2001 when my husband and I moved into our apartment. We moved out Nov. of 2008 and now my landlord has no record of this deposit amount. Additionally, the landlord is charging us for carpet cleaning and new paint for the walls. There is no excessive wear on [...]

Me and my girlfriend recently moved out of a house we were renting in Columbus. We were there for 10months and had to leave our lease early. We had a great relationship with our landlord. He was an out of state landlord and was always very accomodating. Due to his absence in state and the [...]

Hello, I want to rent an apartment. The landlord is asking for $1500 to move in. Is there any companies or loan companies that in Chicago,Il that would help with security deposit assistance? pls tell there’s some type of help. I do work but with the monthly bills, I can’t afford to move.

I just moved out of a duplex in SLC, UT. My landlord served me a 30 day no cause notice to vacate even though I had paid rent on time, in full each month and had not violated the lease in anyway. I paid a $1000 deposit, $500 of which was refundable. After the initial [...]

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 [...]

A couple days ago I received a letter from my previous landlord , with invoices and refund check , which the landlord took most of my security deposit ,out of 520$ deposit I have got only 207$, in the invoices it doesn’t mention no repair just , normal repairs , like cleaning cobwebs , washing [...]

My girlfriend and i have been looking for an apartment and found what would be the perfect one for us.  She viewed the place and loved it on friday and monday morning she placed a deposit; which the lady showing the property said would hold the apartment.  After leaving, another couple came in and asked [...]

A landlord kept my deposit and first months rent even though I never signed the lease, can he do this?  How do I get my security deposit back?  I refused to sign the lease because the property was not as he had describe it.

I recently moved out of the apartment I lived in for 4 years. I cleaned for a week before turning the apartment over and I left it in better shape than I got it. There were, however, two areas that needed repair 1.) a broken window and 2.) a layer of the wall, in the [...]