I moved into this really cute little duplex rental in the beginning of this year, and after a month or two we started to notice that there is a wiring problem in the 30 year old home.  After contacting the landlord several times by phone, and him coming in to tell us that he can […]

Okay. You might say that this really one of the worst decisions ever but 6 months ago, we signed a lease agreement with a real estate company. We were told that there will be showings but they will be very minimal so as not to disrupt with our living. We were okay with it since […]

A growing number of tenants are concerned that their landlords may abuse their right to privacy. This is following complaints of tenants coming home only to find that things were not the way they left them. Also, there have been actual documentations of landlords being caught inside the tenant’s apartment. In these cases, what are […]

We have a tenant (on retirement) (let’s call him George) who 2 years ago lied about the bed bug infestation in his apartment and even screamed and refused to allow the exterminator we hired then to fix the problem. The exterminator did his part with the other apartments and we thought we took care of […]

We have been living on this property for 4 years now and signed a six month lease when we first moved in. Now, keep in mind that we OWN the mobile home and rent the lot. Well now he is wanting to enforce the things on the lease and told us it only pertained to […]

As part of Fair Housing, most landlords would do background checks but the degree would depend on their discretion. From a landlord’s point of you, they want to make sure that they are only renting to the best tenants around. This process of screening would also be beneficial to the community because somebody who passes […]

Have you ever been tempted not to pay rent? I mean, it takes quite a chunk off your monthly salary – money that you could have spent on something else. However tempting it may be, you know it’s not right, all the time. Even if all hell has broken loose with your landlord, you just […]

The dishwasher is not in proper condition when we moved in. I tried to complain it to them. They called the maintainence they tried to replace something but it was not working as expected. I complained again but orally I asked them and they called me back same day that they would replace with a […]

I was given a confirmed reservation on a specific Florida condo rental 12 months in the future and paid a deposit and agreed to the rental agreement terms.  Two months later I was told that the reservation would not be honored as the current renters would have first chance to have this rental for the […]

As a renter, we have called the management, placed several work orders (they promised to clean, before the week is out, but never get around to it), even the tenant and landlord, looked at the area, she promised to clean it up.   The basement area is where the washer, dryer, and storage areas are.  The other tenants […]