Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Lease

In my first apartment I was robbed after 2 mths. of residing there. I strongly believe it was a maintenance worker because the person tried to enter my apartment while I was home one day and he/she had a key. I reported it to the landlord and she offered to change my locks. I still didn’t feel safe because maintenance always has access to an extra copy of a tenant’s key so I refused because I knew it was maintenance that broke in because no one else had a copy of my key, NO ONE! The next day that person returned while I was at work & broke into my apartment and stole my belongings. What rights can I exercise as a tenant to prevent this horrible crime from occurring again?

what would you say for a girl who never had a apartment for herself and now want to get out on her own. what main thing should she look for if she get paid min. wage

Tatyana: I have been living on my own for a few years now. The main thing that you really should worry about is your safety. I have lived on the 1st floor of an apartment building for about 2 years now and was broken into once. It was a really nice neighborhood and everything, so I probably didn’t take as many precautions as I should’ve. Being aware of your surroundings is a main thing. Don’t leave your blinds open at night or when you aren’t there. That was my problem I think. I don’t know where you live but just try to get the best for your money. I am moving to a higher up floor to feel a little safer. My main wants for an apartment were central air, a dishwasher, laundry in the building, allowing pets; but figure out what you want and can and can’t live with. Some apartment complexes will pay some of your utilities, so that would save you some money as well. You’ll have to do some hunting and looking at apartments, but eventually you’ll figure out which is your best bet. Hope that helps!

Change your own locks and don’t let anyone see you do it and don’t tell the landlord. Do it when you think its safe, when no one is around or move out. I always change my locks upon moving in first week in fact. Try it and tell the police you seen the man who you think broke in. Its your word against his word and your word rule. You have to see it in order for the police to believe it. Make it sound real

Changing the locks is not really an option without getting the landlords approval first. this could cost you a lot of money in fines and compensations. Not to mention getting evicted.

I live in fl. and move into a 3 bedroom house and now my landlord wants to go up on my rent come March I’m paying 700.00 now and he’s talking 800.00 come March there’s no lease.

Hi, I would like to know, what happen when you break your lease before the year is due?

DO NOT change your locks without landlord permission. If you’re that worried, live in a safe apartment complex or install one of the chain-type locks for when you’re home. It’s a huge safety concern and can lead to you getting evicted, in addition to the apartment complex blacklisting you.

Also, from a legal standpoint, filing a police report is a good idea. However, lying about what you did/didn’t see amounts to a false police report, which is against the law and could result in you getting arrested.

My concers are I have an eviction on my rental history.  I am in the process of paying them off, will it be a problem to rent and if so what can I do about it?

Well I was going to move in this apt. and the landlord did a credit check and then he told me that I had a outstanding doctor bill and that’s why I didn’t get the apt, But I think the truth is that my family used to live in the apt and he’s all telling me that I can’t have males in my apt.I want to know is that ok.

man these apartments are off da chain

can we take the lease paper and review at some place before signing

I am having a boyfriend live with me can he stay with me

I wanna know if I can see the apartment with my boyfriend since he wants to live with me and how much is the rent cause I am on a low budget and want something in my price range.

I just signed a lease in December,2006. Because my landlady is selling her house I would like to move out—fearing that whoever purchases her house will evict me. I would also like to get out of my lease because the apartment was listed in the paper as being $775, but then upon signing the lease I had to talk my landlady out of raising the rent to $800. On two separate occassions I overheard 2 realtors saying that my apartment is listed as $750. What should I do?

i have an eviction on my credit thats almost 3 and 1/2 years old. I was only an occupant on the lease not the primary, but the eviction still shows on my credit. How will this affect me when attempting to rent.

I’m living in an apartment where they do not fix things, I’ve been trying to get them to fix things in my unit for a year and now because I decided to pay my rent the way they fix things. I asked to be moved to another apartment because of the noise my neighbor makes over my head all hours of the night and they said no because my rent is always late. Can they do this or do I have a legal claim?

I am on a low budget, and I was wondering could I pay rent according to my price range. I dont make a lot of money but around 100 to 265 a month.

 

i’ve lived in this apartment for over two years,you pay commercial utilities,but in the last three months or so my lightbill has jumped to a all time high from the onehundreds to the threehundreds, i’ved asked the manager if they knew when or what day they come out and read the meter but they tell me they don’t know, so in the last month or so i’ve been trying to see them myself NO LUCK!!so is there any thing that i can do to get this problem solved.

Paulette,

Did you ever think about calling the light company?

I am trying to move into a 2 bedroom apartment and the landlord is doing a backround check.. I gave him first last and security how long does it take to do a back round check?

Lela it only took about 3 days when i got my apartment.

I started renting in August and signed a 6 month lease which ended on the 20th day of Feb. 2007. I called the office to renew our lease for another 6 months instead of receiving a renewal I received a letter stating I did not have to renew until August of 2007 which was an error on thier part because we only signed a 6 month lease. I was not able to respond to the letter to question the dates due to me being sick because I was pregnant and having my baby. In the mean time we found a house to rent closer to my husbands work (he is a National Guard Recruiter, in S.C.). We gave them a 30 day notice that we are moving out but now they are wanting us to pay a PRO-CAP FEE (a fee added to the month to month rent fee)since we did not sign a 12mth lease and our lease went to a month to month lease. In our lease contract it does say our rent will go up but it never says to how much and it does not say we would have to pay additional fees on top of the rent. Can they legal go up on our rent and make us pay additional fees if they have not given us written notification?

I live in a duplex 4 months into our year lease, the landlord wants to add a few things to it. Can she do that? please answer asap. thanks

i am moving into an apartment and i am only outting myself on the lease, my fiance is going to be moving back to where i am soon. he has a felony on his record, and i cant put his name on the lease can i get in trouble if they find out that he is living with me? or is it my business since i am the one paying for the rent? please tell me what you think!!!

my lease was for one year ending in april 14 2007. I paid rent on march 1st to april 1st. however my lease has another 14 days on it, they said I was liable for those two weeks even though my new place I have to be moved in on the 1st. they are charging me almost a thousand dollars for 14 days. I am strapped with moving expenses what will happen if I can’t pay until the following month, or if I give them half in april and the other half in may. Will they take me to court?

I relocated down to Florida, I am living in an apartment that I signed a 12 month lease. I am looking into buying a Modular home in a 55 adult community. My sales person mentioed something to the effect of a relocation claus to get out of a lease without penalty. do you know anything about this? please let me know

I moved into my first apartment with my boyfriend 2 months ago and we have a month to month lease. When we first moved in our landlord said he would give us our mailbox key soon. 2 months later we still have no mailbox key i have to have my mail held at the PO, our toilet barely works, and we can’t lock the deadbolt from the inside. We want to move out so bad but I’m afraid he will add on some extra charges or something and can i ask for more money than my security deposit since he’s been a terrible landlord. Please help!

Please advise if you can… I live in an apartment where I had to transfer from one larger unit to a smaller one. While living in the larger unit, I never received a Lease. Now that I’ve transferred to the smaller unit, there are things that never was fixed before I moved in, but was promised that it would be completed. It’s now 8 months and no repairs, my kitchen is infested with Termites which I brought to the manager attention and all she has done was apply some gel to the areas and covered it up with clear tape. The termnite problem is to the point to where I can’t cook safely, because I have droppings all over the stove or the countertops. I don’t whether to report her or just leave since I don’t have a lease. Please point me in the direction of where I need to go.

Thanks

My 80 year old father wants to sell his house and move into an apartment. He has just been diagnosed with Lung disease. My question is, if he gets into a leased apartment, lets say for a year and after 6 months his health fails and needs constant care, we may have to put him in a nursing home, what about the remaining 6 month lease? Do we have to pay a penalty to break the lease?

Vernadean Herrifor,
Do you have a signed lease. What did you pay for the month of april when you moved in.(14april to 1may) Your lease should say how your rent is determined. My apartment has a day rate. For every day that I live there I owe a certain amount. This 30 bucks or so was added together making what my rent is per month, to a grand total to be owed the day my lease is up. Your apartment should not be charging you for a full month if you are only there for 14 days. The days in which you will be living there for are what you should owe. Unless your lease states otherwise.

Today, I signed a lease with a verbal contingency stating that I would be allowed access to the apartment to paint it this afternoon. The leasing agent was delayed, my paint crew threw in the towel after waiting three hours and the keys I was provided at the end of the day don’t work. I can’t access the apartment, my lease begins April 1, I rented a vehicle (which I have now) and I cannot move in. What rights do I have? I was told by the leasing agent that I would have to wait until Monday, April 2nd. Now I am going to have to pay for two apartments while they resolve it. I would love some advice here.

No matter what u must pay your on time.

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For about a week wild cats were trying desperately to enter my apartment though the floor. I told my landlord and they lied about calling an exterminator. So I had to take things into my hands and get legal assistance. Is there a lawyer who deals with Tenants rights. These landlords are getting a way with alot.

So here’s the update… they gave me the correct keys late on April 1st, but the apartment could not be prepped. To accomodate me, the regional manager offered me a $100 refund. Rent on this unit is $1325.00/month. She also promised that she would have the paint crew in by this Saturday to complete the job. This afternoon, she phoned to inform me that the paint crew she has will not be able to get into the apartment until Tuesday, April 10th. Had I known this would happen, I would have signed an April 15th lease. Now I have a moving crew for this weekend and will not be able to unpack while they work until Wednesday. Did I mention that I work 70 hours in a hospital, to boot. I am completely fried at this point. Any lawyers out there wanna take a stab at this?

WOW…some of your experiences are awful.
At this time I am currently living with my parents at there home. I never lived on my own. But I am strongly considering moving out sometimes next year and getting an apartment and have my boyfriend live with me too later on.

I have a pretty good paying job. I am a RN and work in a hospital with steady hours.
My main concern I want is security. I don’t want to feel maintenance staff or anyone else will break into my apartment when I am not home.

Just reading some of your comments it make sme want to change the locks. I think as tentants you have that right.
What advice anyone can give me on what I need to know on renting my first apartment?
Is living upper level apartments like example 2nd floor or 3rd floor better then living 1st floor?
I want to have either 1 bedroom perferrably 2 Bedroom and 1 or 2 bath, laundry in the apartment, alarm system, beautiful area spacious area and parking.

Can someone please help!!!!

I’ll be 76 in 3 days my wife is 75, we are living in rented house, lease does not ex pire till 11/30/07.
In dec 06 i got terrible dizzy spells and loss of balance, i have seen four diffrent doctors many treaments, iam still havng problems. It has been suggested to go to an assistant living appartmrnt. Is ther any way to break our lease with costing a lot of money?

This may have been answered already but I saw a lot of people asking what happens if they break their lease - normally it just means you don’t get your security deposit back.

I’ve been living in an apartment with a friend (the person on the lease) for about 2 years now - am I a subleaser? If so how do I report it on my apartment applications? Would he be considered my landlord? I’m not mentioned on the lease at all.

We just moved into an apartment and our neoghbor smokes heavily. We do not smoke at all and have two young children. Our apartment smells of smoke all the time and makes my children cough and makes our eyes water. Any comment on what we should or can do???

Is it normal for a real estate investor to rent out an apt even if he lives in another state? Also, how can I find out that he is the actual owner of the condo without having to go to the leasing office? I need to know, I’m worried that this might be a scam or something. I will appreciate all feedbacks.

worried in miami

I need some help. I’ve lived in this aprtment for 2yrs. I’ve asked the landlord to check on my gas boiler cause my gas bills were very high and i wasnt even using the gas anymore and i had gotten a bill of over $400. He told me he would and a month went by and i got another bill of $350 so I called the gas compny and they told me i should call an inspector i told them i didnt know any and they gave me a number to call so i called and set up an appointment but i didnt know that they were with the city safety code enforcement.but anyways the point is the inspector came and found some violatons alot of them. They even found out the I was paying for light that belong to the landlord by law. So I called the lanlord up and told him he got upset because he claimed that the safety code enforcement department didnt know anything the first thing he rejectedto fix was the light problem. I spoke to someone from the housing and they told me that i can hold the rent until they fix the apartment, so i did they have to the 25th of may to fixeverything but thay havent even come by the apartment. But they sent me an eviction notice stating that i have to the 29th of may to either pay or leave the premises and now i dont know what to do because i am afraid that if i pay them the rent and they dont fix the apartment the inspector is going to come and close up the apartment and on top of this i have two kids 2 and 3yrs old can you give me an advice

Anytime you hold rent until a landlord fixes something to prevent evistion you need to put the money into escrow.

In reply to the lady looking for rent according to her income. You need to check into Section 8 in your area.
There is usually two types a voucher where you look for housing on your own and find a landlord willing to accept Section 8 OR a private landlord that rents according to income and they are reimbursed by HUD.
You can google HUD and find out what options are in your area

I moved into an apartment in jan. 2007 and I signed a one year lease. I was recently approved for my section 8 and I talked to my landlord about a problem i was having in the apartment with roaches and rodents and nothing was never done. I have no smoke detectors in the apartment neither. The board of health was called and the landlord was fined. I was holding my rent until he got an exterminator out, put up smoke detectors and make repairs in the apartment. Now he is suing me for non-payment of rent and he wants to sue me in civil court for breaking my lease because section 8 wouldn’t let me stay there. I have no problem paying the rent if the court makes me, but I feel he should be held liable for making the repairs and making the apatment safe. Anothe rthing is he doesn’t have a CO for the apartment. What could I do.

I’ve lived in my rented house for almost 1 tear! My landlord has an issue giving me reciepts upon request for my rent payments! Also they want to put the house on the market and I just signed another 6 month lease. Do they have a right to do that? They also want me to have my house open to the public for show while I’m still renting! Is that ok? Any info is greatly appreciated!

My first house was a flat paid $950.00 to move in the guy found out didn’t even own the house at all, how I found out the city of River, Rouge put a sign out on the house said Eviction Notice and I had just move thier about 31/2 weeks. Didn’t evcn had all my stuff in thier yet. Please help me know what to do. Thanks Nanette N. Robinson Felder.

I wanted to know if anyone was interested in a seasonal set up with a home if you were out of town and needed to have a housesitter available ?I would need to be near a school and be able to commute to local vicinity for work.But could cover the 1/2 year or so.

I am about to move out of my apartment and into a new one. My old apartment had a few cosmetic issues with the stripping on the back door and a big cut in the living room carpet when I moved in. I am worried that my landlord might try and see these were things I did in order to keep my deposit. I have pictures of it that are time-stamped from when I moved in, but will these be enough proof if he says I caused the damage?

I just have a question… I am bout to be outta a place to stay when I turn 18 so I plan on gettin an apartment so my question is when I pay rent how do I pay like gas,water,lights or is it included in with rent like they say 600 for a 3 bedroom will it really be 600 or 600 plus utilities

Is it normal that apartment managers should have a key to your mailbox? I don’t see what possible reason they could have to get into my mailbox. I should think there’d be some federal law prohibiting this.

My Landlord is using my personal mailbox on which she has even pasted her name. This bothers me and I have removed it twice, but she keeps putting it back. She has the keys and goes trough my mail before me.
I live in Illinois.
Is it legal for my landlord to share my mail box?

I am a young guy, who’s never really lived on his own. How do I go about finding an apartment if I want to live on the opposite end of the country. I live in Virginia now, and want to movie to California?

I live in Wisconsin and was wondering what the law was for the landlord to have to re-paint the walls. If anyone has an idea please let me know. Thanks!

I was curious to how many years it is before the landlord needs to repaint the apartments. I live in wisconsin.

i paid the landlord 400 dep 500 rent 13 august signed lease but decide i dont want to move in the house what can i do to get my money back thanks darren

What happen if you break leases from a apartment like in one day. How much you need to pay.

My son has just got an apartment. I have found some that are in a nicer area and are cheaper. After signing a lease does he have a time period to get out of the lease?

Hello, please help me with some advice. I needed to move because my landlady of 20 years lost her home, so I have to hurry up and get out by 8/31. The problem is I found an apartment in Roselle, NJ yet after signing the lease and writing a check for over two thousand dollars of which the apartment complex cashed the next day, I have no lease copy and no keys as promised. The apt complex owner refuses to discuss a roof water leakage & damage that the neighbors brought to my attention. I asked for the status of it’s repair and got no answers so he agreed send me a check. No money thus far & now I’m forced to storage?

my old landlord after 10 years is sueing me for back rent. The place had pipes that froze in the winter. Broken stairs, slugs in my kitchen, i fell on the stairs that he was to fix and just but a hold on my bank account. I need help. Im thinkin off suein him back for not fixin stuff

What about the landlord letting other tenants know, acknowledge and or understand that it’s against the law to harras your nieghbor or cause discomfort with typical mean things peiople do when they dont like you for what ever reason… (Because your Gay)

hi i moved in my first apartment in 2001 and stayed there for 2 years then i moved in my recent apartment in 2004 and been there for 3 years last year my landlord increased my rent but i didt no any better i thought section 8 pays the difference for incerease i do have section 8 but it was my responsibality it was for 3 months worth and came out to 157 dollars lol and they sent me a letter saying if i didnt pay it that following 2 weeks they were going to evict me but i paid now i am trying a new apartment and they rejected me becuase they said i have a eviction filling but i never been evicted or tooken to court can

How long does a mortgage co. usually allow family members to remove their aging or deseased family members
belongings from a home that is in reverse mortgage arrangement to get out?

I am on a cosigned lease with someone until Jan 31, 2007. The apartment is $650 including utilities. We each pay $325 a month. Actually I think her mom pays her half. I don’t plan on signing another years lease with her after this lease ends. If she wants to stay there but can not find somebody to cosign with her, is in school, but does not have a job, can she still live there? Would her mom have to be responsible for the full amount. I have heard that if 2 people are cosigning , if one person decides not to renew the lease that the other person might not get to stay there unless they can find somebody else

Is it true that if you sign a lease and you do not have a job that the lease is not worth anything? And if you want to leave you can becuse it doesn’t count?

Is it ok for a landlord to ask for current checking and savings account balances? I’m ok with giving someone my yearly salary but I don’t think my current balance info is any of their business. I feel if I let them know how much I have it will just give them incentive to raise the rent later on.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE LANDLORD OF ALLOWED TO LET A SEX OFFENDER MOVE INTO THE SAME APT COMPLEX AS CHILDREN & ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVE IN SO IF ANYONE KNOWS PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK @ MY EMAIL ADDRESS ! THANK U VERY MUCH !

how much is the rent and security deposit because maybe i can’t afford it because i get ssi checks every first of the month and january 1 of 2008 my check will be raise up but not that much.can you please respond back to me let me know that you have this letter please. thank you so much

I have a husband who will be moving in with me and added on my lease.We had seperated a year now we want to work things out. Can the owner deny him living with me even though he will not be the primary leaser. Can they stop him for moving with me because he has bad credit and a felony on his record. Are they allowed to pull up his background record. Is pulling up his record against the law or can they do that.Will or can they find out if he puts on the application that he has no criminal record.

What are the break a lease fees if your roommate is not paying the billings?

My lease says that “alarming monitoring (Resident must provide local 813-area landline telephone service at Resident’s expense to use alarm monitoring)” is included in my housing fees. I have been living here for a little over 3 months and I don’t have an alarm in my apartment. What do I have to do to go about getting my rent reduced because they failed to provide a utility that I am paying for?

Hello everyone,

Very helpful forum,

I am looking into getting my first apartment within the next year 18 months. I am not getting a house, but would love to, but resale market is horrible. With an apartment am I free to make changes to the appliances, paint, tile, add hardwood,etc.? If not why? This would increase the value for the landlord, and he could jack up the rent in the future with someone else. Has anyone heard of anything like this?
Good luck to you all!!

Hi I rented a apt in sd signed a lease i paid sept, and october rent thru my bank nov it was returned. I am in Tucson right now as have friend here the bank called no reply I called myself no answer will this hurt me later if i go for a apt and how long does it stay on ur credit report I own where I am now in tucson But in good faith I planed to keep the apt till May of next year and go there in Jan as I have MS and need to get out of the heat Any Ideas? appreciate it

I want to move to a different state, but am not sure how or where to start? would it be harder to move to a different state than to a different city?

Question:
My son is renting an apartment and has a vehicle in the parking lot that he is working on as time between work and school will allow. It has a flat right now and the manager told him that if he doesn’t move it, it will be towed. It has legal tags and inspection. Can they legaly do that?

My landlord is asking for a bank statement. That seems a bit personal. Can they do that?

I moved in with my elderly mother in her apartment when she got it. She could only live there if I lived with her as her caregiver. We have lived there for over 3 years. The apt manager agreed to let me live with her as her caregiver. I was not put on the lease and did not pay rent. My brother is her POA and he paid the rent with mom’s money. I lived with her and took care of her in kinda an exchange for her to not have to be put in a nursing home. My brother put her in a nursing home & closed the apt. The apt manager locked me out 7 days later. Wasn’t I a tenant and this lockout illegal. Don’t I have rights?

I want to move into a 2br duplex apartment but i only make about 700 a month. Im afraid i may not have enough for everything else like food, utilities(if not included) etc

Read your lease, please, it’s long but do it, second, the only way not to pay rent anywhere is to pay the courts and tell them the reason you don’t want to pay the landlord. The reason better be good, real good. I you lie on the application, even if they didn’t do a backround check then you can be kicked out. If you let someone live there not on the lease, you can be kicked out. Have pets? Better be careful you can be kicked out if you have more than on the lease. If you can’t afford the housing, get into rental based housing, look at the apartment you are going to rent, I know this was stated before but this is true

More important info, do a backround check on the apartment community, you can do that online. Check that it is current information and take it with you and that you read it online…They hate bad press but get it all the time. The place I am living had it and I didn’t read it first, or I would have known about this place before I moved in. It is bad. Spa has never worked, front gates don’t work, cars broken into all the time, drug dealers, nasty apartment, I was shown model. Pool bathrooms arent’ open and people pee on the property, you better check well. Do it for your sanity and don’t fail to look all over.

I have an apartment manager who is watching everything through binoculars and has a camera facing the sidewalk. My daughter has a few friends that visit and i have some tat visit but the apartment manager thinks he can decide who i can and cant have over. he calls the police when some of my guests come over and tells them they are not allowed on the property. I sent a guest rights notification to the Landlord thinking that would stem the problem, but apartment manager continues to try and limit who comes over. what can i do?

what can i do as a tenant who has repeatedly asked his landlord to fumigate for roaches,but requests are always ignored.as a PAYING tenant,is this not a required duty of the landlord?

This is my first apartment and I caught a special to move into this apartment complex with no app.fees, just a dollar to move before February. I was told I could move in the weekend of 1/25 but no one called me, so i went by and she gave me a move in date for Friday 2/01. I was wondering if this would effect the special and if there may be any hidden fees i should watch for, even though I have paid and was approved.

Is it necessary to sign a new lease every year (Aug - July)or can the original lease be updated for the upcoming year or years, for the same tenent?

We moved in May– immeaditally we noticed several things the landlord had tried to “hide” Small things like conviently placed magnets on the fridge to hide big dents, and carpets around the toliet to hide water stains. Make sure that you notice these things BEFORE you move in. We move out in June and can only pray he will give us deposit back.

Also we had no hot water for one month. I live with a plumber and landlord yelled at him and did not fix problem. He contaminated the water with HCl — so it was unusable for a week.

The front door does not lock properly either.

Make sure you pay attention to details!

I really would like to find out more about more help and advice you could possibly provide.I also would like to fill out some appartment leases for the city of St.Louis on line if it is a way for you to send me some to my e-mail. I have no transportation to get around and I am currently admitted to the hospital. If it may be a proble or even if you can help me out, please contact me as soon as possible.

My boyfriend and I recently became engaged & basically moved in with me. I received a phone call from my landlady today that if anyone wants to move in to the apartment he has to go thru the entire application process.

However, the previous tenant told me that she rented the apartment for her parents and they only ran a credit check on her.

I think she’s doing this on purpose because she wants to reject my fiance’s application so he can’t live here with me because he’s black. I make enough to cover the rent alone, and he has bad credit, so I can’t add him to lease. Can I just add him as a resident in my apt?

how do i find a apartments for me to rent and have information to find it at and how much it cost and how many bedrooms are in it so can u help me with all that stuff i just wote just now plaes me and my mom needs a place to go in and have fun and last have fun rite so please

is it legal in arizona to rent to someone using some else income?

my sister got an aprtment with her boy friend and they only put her on the lease using his income and he was not put on and the girl knew my sister didnt have any income, im guessing this is not leagl but i need to know for sure beause my mom asked the girl how she could rent to my sister with no income and she just said she could and a few days later called my sister to ask her to forge her boyfriends signature to look like he was the renter!

my girlfriend and I are moving in with a girl my girlfriend currently lives with now. My girlfriends was assaulted by the future roommate resulting hospitalization. Can we back of our future lease which doesnt start for 3 months due to this roommate? There is a police report and such…

My rent is due on the first of each month. It is late on the 5th. I am one month late, the thing is I have enough to pay the $575 for July rent but I don’t have the $733 late fees and court costs they are asking for June’s rent. What should I do?

I am looking forward to moving out of my parents house,does anyone know the age you have to be to rent in Ohio?

Hello everyone!

I am going to have a lease with a friend to share a 2 bedroom/ 2 bath apartment. Rent is $1,000 a month, split to $500 each. The landlord is already knowledgeable of our agreement and is fine with it. We both have our parents as cosigners.

I now have a question. I know that we can have up to 4 people in a 2 bedroom apartment. I have a friend who in the future will need a place to stay. How do we go about adding this 3rd person to the lease in the future? Or can I have them just move in? Do they need a cosigner if they are over 18 with a full-time job?

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I do not believe this

my husband just entered the airforce a month ago, but he didnt find he had to leave town til a wk he was leaving. so we didnt have time to give a 30 days notice. we had to be out when he left.i my self tried to get out the lease, but the landlord said we couldnt without a 30 day notice. but we couldnt for that military reason. how can we get out of the lease?

pleas help. may daughter and her boyfriend just moved into and apt. a week ago. they just received a notice on their door that they have ten days to move out or get evicted. reason- neighbors said to much noise coming from apt my daughter was shocked. she called me and asked what to do and said that they are careful with music and tv. and that know one has come to their door to complain or give warning just the notice. can they do that?

My husband and I just got approved for an apartment but only because my mom cosigned. The apartment lady told my mom that it’s because my husband makes child support payments that is why we had to have a cosigner. Is it legal in the state of Missouri to require a cosigner if a person has to make child support payments, if so why?

Do your homework before signing a lease. Check out your local police reports in that area before moving in. Drive by at night and day time before signing. Don’t jump to sign a lease, make sure you feel safe, secure and all terms were met on your document with the leasing office. MLO

hello
this is my last year of high school and i would like to get an apartment. Most times you have to put money down on it. is this correct? Also, what are some good questions i should ask about the apartment itself?