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We have a lease with our landlord for a year, have been living here since August 2008. We are going to move to base housing since our BAH isn’t enough. How can we get out of our lease without losing our security deposit?

By: Esmie

I just moved in to an apartment and there is a terrible smell from the cleaning crew that was here to prepare the place for my move in. It is in a carpet, and I think it is from their not washing it correctly. Does the landlord have any responsibility to this, or do I have any rights as far as being able to move out with no penalty because of it. I’ve been in the apartment for 3 days now.

By: john is cool

My husband and i rent a room at this house trying to save some money but there are 3 more tenants and the owners that live there as well and 2 of the tenants PARTY every weekend they go clubbing and when the party ends at the club they bring the party home and the landlord’s wife just keep ignoring my complaints about the loud noise…is there ANYTHING i can do about it?

By: Angela G

Okay so me and my two friends decided to move in together, we have all been like best friends for awhile like over 12 yrs. than a couple years ago we kinda grew apart but still you know close. so we wanted to move out so we decided to move in together and everyone kept telling me not move in with them but i did cause i never thought they would do what they did. i was the only one with a job, they kept promising they would look for one. so i paid the rent and dep. so we moved in and i cleaned the whole house by myself and everyight i would come home and they would be having parties with people i didnt even know at my house. i bought brand new 3000 worth of living set and they got stains on it and everything wasnt even a week old. ruined my laptop that was a 1000 dollar laptop that was only 3 months old…eat all the food that they werent even buying. so i finally after a week kicked them out. well my landlord said that she would give me all the dep. and rent back if we got out kick, well i already had another house and was moved out the next day, and since my friends new that and had no where to go, took long (3weeks)so i wouldnt get my rent back. so i lost 500 dollars there, well my dep. was also 500 and she told me that she would give me it back if they house was okay. well when they moved there stuff the broke glass everywhere left trash everywhere and everything else, so out of the 500 i was only getting 200. well my landlord called one of the girls and asked how we did the dep. and the girl lied and said she paid for some of it. and so she called me and i said they didnt she still wrote a check with both of our names on it so we both had to sign it to cash it. and her name wasnt even on the lease anywhere so i still dont understand that, and when we paid the rent and dep. she even knew they didnt that it was all paid from one check which was mine. but anyways, so i finally got the check and i called her to come with me n cash and she said she wasnt in town, to go ahead and sign her name and cash it. i knew it was not legal to do but i figured you know she told me to she wouldnt take me the cops. so i did, and she knew that she still owed me for electric also. so when i cashed i just kept it all cause it was all mine. well one night she got drunk and she wanted some money for beer so she kept calling me about wanting her part. and somone told her she could get me in trouble for that if she went to the cops. so the next day she went to the cops and said i signed the check and blah blah, the cops were going to arresst me. the only way out of it, was if i wrote a check back to her spliting it. so i had to, she told me though after cause she felt bad for what she did, that she would pay me it back.

well now its been like 2 months, and still no pay back and i keep calling her and she telling me now that shes not going to pay me back and to stop calling her, even though when it was the other way around she called me like 40 times in like 5 min no lie i even printed out the thing to show the cops, saying she wanted her money even thuogh she knew it was mine.

well apart of me just wants to drop it cause its only 100 dollars, but another part wants to make her pay me back.just for the fact of eveything she put me threw and almost got me arressted, im tried of being nice. cause i know if i go to court ill win. but what would you do.

sorry so long =]]
its not that im worried or need it, i just want to show her she cant walk all over me and teach her a lesson.

By: BrownEyes

I know you can find almost everything on the internet but I cant seem to find out who legally owns the property that I rent from! I have had many issues and I would like to know who to complain to? I think I will be calling the city but the lady next door told me that the people that we rent from don’t have the right to rent the property. How do I find more information? I live in the Portland oregon area! Thank you so much! also do you know anything about sexual harassment from your landlord?

By: “Golden” boy due 5/5

I have leased my landlord’s condo for four years and we have an excellent relationship. However, he uses a real estate firm as the agent for his numerous rental properties, so we have only talked on the phone and never met in person. Should I write to him via email, which would be fine with him, send him a letter through the U.S. Mail, or call him? I have agreed to previous increases without attempting to negotiate, but the local market is flooded with available rental properties and I want to pay little if any additional rent at this time.

By: Patrick

So I terminated my lease early, but paid the remaining rent left on the term. At the beginning of my lease my landlord collected first and last month’s rent. Can he legally charge us one months rent after the termination of the lease for “damages”, even though there are no damages?

By: cassie c

I am struggling financially with renting in my current situation, as a last resort I would like to rent out my spare room. In england do I have to ask my landlord, or can I do this as an agreement from myself to the tennant? If I do have to ask the landlord, does the tennant renting from me then have to go on the lease? Any help appreciated, thanks.
privately through a agency.

Thanks So I need to see if it mentions subletting. If it doesn’t I can, If it does I can unless it says no subletting. If it says no subletting could check with the landlord but he could say no, or if he says yes he would add to lease.

If I can sublet ok, any ideas on how I would draw up an agreement with lodger and legal rights etc.. so I don’t get robbed or walked over?

Thanks for you help.
just checked lease, says no subletting, bugger, thanks for your help.

By: claIRE C

I was going through my files the other day and noticed that one of our properties doe not have a lease. My husband was in charge of managing them at the time that this tenant moved in (because I was 9 months pregnant) and didn’t bring a rental lease with him to have them sign it. They moved into the house in March of this year. We completely restored the house (before they moved in) and it is in excellent condition so I would really like to get a lease with them. They said they will ONLY sign a month- to-month lease because they are suspicious as to why we are all of the sudden wanting a lease. So I am trying to find a landlord’s website that lists reasons or advantages for the tenant to want to be in a lease. Have any of you come across such websites? Thank you!
Does anyone know of any landlord websites to where I can get the advantages of signing a lease?
I don’t want to be too pushy with them because I don’t want to risk them getting mad and damaging the house.

By: Casey

My landlord had actually started inviting people to try and see how the problem could be sorted.After about three visits from ‘experts’ he said the problem of condensation/damp is my responsibility and he can not solve it. I have already seved a notice to leave on the 1st of feb. What should i do?

By: Boss