Can a landlord tell you to keep your house tidy?
No, no and again NO! You rent, the place is yours and upon vacating (as per a standard lease) an inspection is done. You lose your deposit and if it is super bad and provable they can sue for more. Inspections during the lease are illegal (it is an invasive sort of thing) unless the landlord files the paperwork to just have you evicted. Any inspections, repairs or whatever have to be paid by the landlord. Any smart landlord understands all of this and realizes that going through any sort of process will cost tons of money on their part. Unfortunatly there are those who prey on others ignorance of the laws. Now that your house is tidy take pictures of the whole house. Each time you speak to the landlord write down the time and what was said. Even if it is you leaving a message. This goes a long way in court and you should be thinking that way if your landlord is being that way. Call the local housing authority and ask them questions as well. Odds are your landlord will back off all of the way as he will realize that- -Even with eviction he has to let you stay for months. -To evicte will cost a whole lot of paperwork and time -And if you have a paper trail and note who you speak to he may even have to pay you money
How can I find out if my landlord has insurance on a home?
Well I see you all don't understand , I had a lawyer and they told me I have a case but they the lawyers are greedy they want millions and home owners insurance is who they go after, they asked him if he has insurance as a person he can file say he is broke and my lawyers will not make money off him, for myself I dont want money for me I'm looking at the money to cover what happens to my son as he gets older, my niece were poisoned and all have mental retardation now thanks to the lead
My landlord lied BIG TIME! Put my family life in serious danger!?
Ok I needed more space to wrk from home, put out add saying need nice quiet suburb home where neighbors take pride in homes an yard as i do so my clients see nice place!..- fast frwrd---> found house , ownr says great quiet area , neighbors are great , all home owners!! Lots of good kids for my 2 girls to play with. Well February 2012 cinti, oh got 8 inch snow, went to see house , VRY quiet, Sno capped homes, VRY pretty middle class homes, not fancy but didn't look trashy. Moved in an Sno melted 2/5/12 under Sno was garbage, beer cans, crack house on one side of me an drug dealers on other, across is a young couple fights an parties everyday an night, my clients are involved w/ law enforcement, sum judges, drs. Lwyrs, etc. drug house gets raided, I'm blamed! My kids get bullied in school, my car vandalized, car broken in , house broken in, verbly threaten, had to get restraining order, called cops 100+ times,... Now I move this feb13, ownr says was 2 yr lease, we nvr agreed to that!! He had it only as a small date on lease purposely, can I break my lease due to my kids in danger here, or ownr lied to me?
How to get 'back at' a really bad landlord subtly?
I have a shitty landlord. She's the owner and I live in the same house. I have paid rent for full use of my bdrm, the bthrm, and the kitchen and living area. She's disgusting. She's cheap, both money-wise and personality-wise. She's nitpicky, unaccommodating, and wants everything in EXACTLY how SHE wants it. She's keeping other tenants but she wants EXACTLY her own way. she's always picking on the tenant for things she shouldn't be.the tenant isn't doing anything that's disrupting her normal routine. She needs to be flexible, because she's being paid. I'm leaving this dump soon and i won't just leave without doing something. I don't wanna do damage that can cause me legal trouble, but subtle things and i need clever ideas. i have one idea: Cook stinky food so her house smells like stink (this isn't damage. she can't blame me, and there's no legal issue involved. it's subtle and it'll be enough to bother her ugly self) I need more ideas. Please, keep em coming. She needs to know that she needs to accommodate, be flexible, and RESPECT, not place unreasonable and stupid demands on everyone. Or STOP RENTING you bas*ard.
How can the HOA kick you out of your house when you own it?
How can the HOA kick you out of your house when you own it?Your HOA cannot directly kick you out of your home. There is a bit of a legal process. The HOA can do this because while you own your home, the HOA owns the neighborhood in which your home lives. That means you are responsible to pay dues to the HOA which controls your neighborhood. If you break HOA rules, you may get fined. If you fail to pay fines or HOA dues, the HOA can put a lien on your house for the dues and fines and lawyers fees owed. You cannot sell or refinance your home until that lien is paid.And if the lien goes unpaid for long enough, the HOA can choose to foreclose on that lien, which means that the home will be sold to pay the outstanding liens against the house.You must, as a homeowner, maintain your financial obligations that you agreed to when you bought your home. Remember that stack of papers you spent an hour signing (and you never knew you could sign your name that many times)? One of those was the covenants on file with the City which says that you agree that the HOA runs the show in your neighborhood and you have to play along or face financial penalties. You also agreed that if you don’t pay, the HOA can take what you owe out of the cost of the home. You agreed that the HOA would be the primary non-mortgage lienholder, and could use your house as the collateral for unpaid HOA debts. The bank may be the mortgage lienholder, but the HOA is usually the first non-mortgage lienholder in line behind any mortgage liens. So even if you’re paying your mortgage on time but you fail to pay HOA dues or fines, you can still have a lien foreclosed, and you can be evicted and your house can be forcibly sold in a foreclosure sale to cover what you owe.I oversaw two foreclosures for failure to pay HOA dues and fines during my tenure on our Board of Directors. It’s a very lengthy process, but we worked as closely with the homeowner as they would allow. In one case, we worked out a payment plan with the homeowner which allowed him to stay in his house. In another, the homeowner simply wouldn’t play nice at all. Tangentially, he ended up going to jail on a DV charge. A real sweetheart, that one. We threatened to foreclose, and while we were preparing to file, the bank decided to foreclose which meant we got paid without paying for the foreclosure. Phew.
Does a landlord have the right to charge me if I lost my keys?
Check your lease. (You know, that document you signed and agreed to follow before you moved in…) There’s a good chance it states in there what the fee is for replacing a key and what the fee is if a key is lost and the locks have to be rekeyed.In short, yes, at least in the state of Virginia, they have the right to charge you if you lose a key. I suspect the law is similar in all states in the U.S, but I’m not sure.When you lose a key, the landlord has to either order a duplicate or take the time to make one. That costs them money, both in terms of blank keys and time. While you’re worried about if they have the right to charge you, you’re forgetting that it costs them to handle making a duplicate. If it’s a lockout, then the charge will be even more, especially during non-business hours, since someone has to be paid to come in and open the door.Many times an extra amount is added to a fee to cover more than cost. I’ve seen situations where a landlord did not charge much for lost keys. When that happens, people take advantage of it. That not only means the landlord (or their employees) have to spend time running off key duplicates instead of doing their work, but it also leads to some tenants requesting more copies than they need, giving them out to their friends, and complaining later when they end up in a fight with a friend who has keys to their place.
What should I do when my landlord claims I am liable for a burst water pipe?
It would help if we knew more details about the water pipe, location of the leak and what precipitated the event.If you live in a very cold area and have heat tape on your exposed water pipes, and then your power is shut off because you neglected to pay the electricity bill, then “yes,” you would be responsible.However if you were simply washing the dishes, turned the faucet off and suddenly a water pipe broke, then the answer is “no,” you are not responsible.You would only be liable if you did something that caused the damage, other than using it as intended.If you did nothing wrong, then you can file a complaint with your local housing authority, whoever that may be. This may be a City or County department, or even a State department, provided your landlord refuses to fix the damage, which leaves you in an uninhabitable home.If you do fix the leak yourself, save all of the receipts and settle with him/her at the end of the lease. Document everything, including dates, times, pictures and statements from repair staff.
How long can you typically go without paying your apartment rent if you got a 3 days notice to pay the rent or get out?
I assure you that not paying your rent is one of the worst decisions that you can make. Your life will not be the same after an eviction. It can be a very traumatic experience.Every state is going to have slightly different eviction laws but here in Ohio my company has a very large rental portfolio in the Cleveland area and this is how we handle tenants who do not pay rent.Rent is due on the 1st.Rent is late on the 2nd.We call tenants 3x day from the 5th through the 10th.We put up 3 day notices on the 10th.After the 3 day notices we file for eviction. Once we file we will no longer accept rent. At this point the non paying tenant can't pay or get out of the legal ramifications of their actions.We win the court eviction and get a write to regain possession of the property. The eviction remains on your record for life. It will be incredibly hard if not impossible to find another landlord willing to rent to you.We send in the bailiffs (guns drawn) to the home. If you do not open the door they kick it in and forcibly remove any occupants living in the home.Everything that the tenant owns is placed on the curb by a moving crew. They can clear out an entire home in about 2 hours. They are not vary delicate with your possessions. Everything stays on the curb until 5pm. Scrappers and thieves usually come by and steal anything of value. At 5pm we bring a dump truck and load up everything that is left and take it to storage. After 30 days in storage we take it to the dump.After all of the above a non paying tenant can also expect the following to happen.We take you back to court and sue you for back rent, legal costs and damages.We garnish your wages until all debts are paid off.As you can gather from everything above being evicted is a terrible experience that is 100% preventable by you. Don't be stupid, pay your rent or move out of your landlord's property you are only hurting yourself if you don't.For more information on evictions take a look at the LIVE video of one of my company’s evictions below.Have more Real Estate related questions? Let me know! Follow/Subscribe & simply ask. I will make you a FREE video reply. #AskJamesWiseFollow me on InstagramSubscribe to my YouTube ChannelWould you like access to a FREE list of the most profitable Real Estate Investments in the USA? CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS!
If I was illegally evicted without notice and the police arrested, and charged me with trespassing, would it be possible to recover attorney fees in the criminal case?
If you’re speaking in hypotheticals, as opposed to, “This actually happened, what are my rights going forward” — an eviction is a civil action, the police are not going to be involved until an actual court order of eviction is issued.My previous landlady actually did this to me. My two roommates moved out voluntarily, and she decided to re-rent the entire house. . . without actually giving me formal, on-the-record notice. She told me over the phone that I “should” look for a new place to stay because she might re-rent the house as a single unit after the others moved out, but never got back to me after that. She and the new tenant then tried to claim that conversation (retroactively) constituted notice, and the new tenant called the Sheriff on me when I wouldn’t back down.When the Sheriff arrived, I politely explained to the deputy that no, I’m the existing tenant and the landlady has not served me notice to quit. In fact, I just talked to the landlady about this yesterday and explained that she has to serve me formal notice in writing. I even told her that I’d accept informal service as long as it was in writing, but I’m taking my thirty days as required by state law. The notice the new tenant is waving at you? I was never served it, and as you can see, my signature is not present. That’s something they just printed out now and backdated, it’s not a valid service.The deputy told the new tenants they should have listened to me because I clearly knew the law, and pointed out that I was being very nice about this because I was willing to move out after the thirty days notice. If I refused to move, he pointed out, it would take months to go through the courts and get a formal order of eviction, and no one could legally force me out until that order was issued, thirty days or not.