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Can I get my backrent without SS#

sparkle | Sunday, February 7th, 2010 5:36 pm

 I rented to a couple on disability and they got behind on the rent, I evicted them, sued and won the case.  Now its up to me to get my backrent.  I made the mistake on not getting SS#s, since they don’t work their is now paycheck to garnish.  I don’t know if their gov’t […]

slow to leave, how to get her moving

sparkle | Sunday, February 7th, 2010 5:24 pm

 My tenant’s lease was up january 31st.  She said she’d be out by the 1st of february.  Then she said it would be the 5th of february, now its the 8th and there is still a ton of stuff in the apt.  I need to have some repairs done to get it ready for new […]

Not on the lease

Rick | Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 11:40 am

My girlfriend has a lease in Arizona. I am a previous renter of this apartment complex and left with rental monies owed. The apartment rules state that anyone that stays longer than 14 days must be added to the lease. I am not on the lease but do visit my girlfriend but never longer than […]

Mold!!

Yvonne | Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 10:30 am

on Jan. 14th I found mold under my bathroom sink, I notified my property management, and the property manager came and looked at the mold the followng day. 6 days passed and no action has been done. I called my propery mng. and left a message with the office. Nobody returned my calls. Jan. 26th […]

Room mate problems

tomcat | Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 4:08 pm

My graduate student daughter is rooming in a house with two underage college students, one of which is the daughter of the owner of the house. To get in-state tuition her name is on the deed.  She is making my daughter’s life a living hell with wild partying, lots of drinking, tons of people in […]

water bill screw over

leo libby | Monday, February 1st, 2010 6:44 am

when i left my last apartment, i had not yet payed the current water bill. the landlord said to not worry about it that they would just pay it and take it out of the security deposit. 3 months later i’ve have just recieved a new bill from the water office showing that the old […]

sick with mold

geneva thayer | Thursday, January 28th, 2010 10:01 pm

I started getting sick 4 months ago.  It started very ordinary.  I got the flu with the rest of my co-workers.  however, I never got better.  I began to have breathing problems, chest congestion, headaches, fatigue and sinus congestion just to name a few symptoms.  It was effecting me at work and with every aspect […]

Landlord not Returning Security Deposit

Single Chick | Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 5:57 pm

I gave my landlord 30 days written notice with my last months rent that I was moving. I called them the day I vacated letting them know the keys and my new address were in the kitchen. They have not returned my security deposit and won’t take my calls. (90 days later!!)Did I give proper […]

Apartment Fire Code Responsibility

anonymous | Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 10:34 am

If a tenant improvement, authorized by the landlord, makes the space out of fire code, is it the responsibility of the landlord or tenant to pay to put space back into code?

Oversmart section 8 tenant

admin | Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 8:24 am

I am a landlord and have a section 8 client who refused to pay her part of the rent predetermined by the agency. Due to non compliance I filed for eviction. The judgment of the small court was for her to vacate the property which, I forwarded to Section 8 .  She filed to higher […]