I am suing for my security deposit back because I was illigally evicted. Is Michigan a state that I can sue for double or even tripple?

 Can a landlord impose late fees on a late fee, if the late fee in the beginning was for late on rent. I paid the rent, but still owe the late fee.

So in short, I moved into a single family home and signed a rental lease for 2 years.  About 2 weeks after I moved in the land lord says he is considering short saleing the property and I can stay but he will need access to the property to show etc.  At the point that […]

i recently rented an apartment at the end of january and when we moved in the money we paid that day was supposed to cover the prorated amount for januray, the move in cost, and the month of february. 2 weeks after we moved in the leasing office called us and said there agent made […]

I just moved into my new house about a month ago and have noticed numerous black widow spiders and ants. The spiders are all over the house and I’m killing at least one type of spider a day, literally. I have a 3 year old daughter and am concerned about the spider problem, especially when […]

We signed a lease from June ’07 to June ’08 and when it came time to renew, our landlord just dropped a new lease off at our apartment. Well we’ve had some problems with them and wanted the new lease to have some changes made in it. Long story short, after they never returned my […]

Does Your Apartment Have Bed Bugs? A couple of weeks ago I had dozens of bites showing up on my arms and legs.  I have sensitive skin, so I switched laundry detergent thinking that I was somehow having a reaction to the soap– but then I saw a tiny little bug… that’s where my bed […]

I wanted to share with the community a new landlord tenant review website I bumped into yesterday. The site is www.donotrent.com Users can search and post reviews of pretty much every type of rental property and also can discuss about  landlords and tenants rights. It also has a social networking side unlike their competition such […]

I live in North Carolina, what are the landlords responseabilities… I came home Monday after a heavy rain to a flooded basement apartment. Landlord is cheap, but is gonna fix my apartment, but it will take some time about a week to 10 days. I work as a live in Nurse, so I’m only home […]

I’ve been living in a rented house for four months now.  At the end of Jan. the hot water tank broke and is still not fixed. I paid my rent for Feb and I have the check for March but have not sent it yet.  Not having hot water has made me stay with a […]