Irma Duran
witholding a security deposit-lack of cleaning and gardening
my tenant of two years received a $70 monthly rent credit in exchange of maintaining the front and back yard. This agreement was written into the lease. The front yard was maintained but the back yard was over grown ...
Eric Hrlbock
Non renewal - move out
Hi all,So I served my only tenant who has ever been late w non renewal papers . Throughout this year they have been late on multiply occasions and I had to serve them many times to pay or quit. The last two times we s...
Account Closed
How to evict?
I have a small commercial space located in Oregon and need to evict the tenant who currently has a 1 year lease on the place. He has violated several rules, been late with rent, bothered neighbors, etc. It sounds stup...
Neil P.
Legal Help ! Have a house under contract
Hi i have a house under contract.The tenant occupying is on a month to month with no lease. However, he had a lease 2 years ago which stated he had a right to refusal on who buys the property. This is cause he wants...
David Weintraub
Borrowing Through a Land Trust
I have a borrower who asked me if he could "borrow in the name of a 'land trust'..." He briefly explained some of the nuances, and when I asked him why he did this he said, "It protects us a little better than a LLC.....
Suzie Freeman
Tenant was notified to do repairs 30 days before lease ended and repairs were horrendous!
Two years ago, my tenant's lease was ending and I gave her the proper notification (60 days notice) and wrote her explaining there was an move out inspection (at the time I didn't know you were only suppose to ask) an...
Scott Kirkpatrick
Buyer protection against Seller default on mortgage, land contrat
A friend of mine came to me for some unprofessional [not paid] advice recently. I'm doing what I can to help her out. Still, I'm pretty new at this stuff. While researching her situation I came across BP. Read a few...
Casandra M.
Is it legal to terminate lease due to depleted Security Deposit?
My husband and I are considering accepting Section 8 again at a few select properties. We originally decided to no longer accept Section 8 because of damage at properties that we purchased with Section 8 tenants inhe...
Tomiko Graves
What do I do?!?! - Tenants installed kitchen in basement!!
Hi all!I need some advice. This has never happened to me before and I'm not sure how to handle it. When I went today to have my current tenants sign another one-year lease, I did an inspection of the property. To ...
Quinton Kocher
Renter Broke Lease still wants deposit returned
I have a good tenant breaking his lease 4 months early on 5 days notice. He has cleaned up the apartment well and he believes he is entitled to his deposit. Is he right? Property is in NC. No backfill identified a...