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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA A short same is listed as "short sake approved by bank". And my offer was accepted by the owner months ago. Now 1st bank has no problem, but the secondary bank is asking for additional $20,000 from the buyer in order to close the deal. I don't...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I have tenants living in my rental house, they do pay on time. But they constantly have non family members living there according to neighbors. Neighbors don't like them and request me to let them go. It is very hard for me to get evidence of...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I am living at rental house. For an uncontrollable reason, I need to delay my moving out date for 2 weeks, I failed to negotiate with my landlord to allow me to extend though I plan to pay additional rental fee. After the lease expiration, if...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I have a "Tenant At Will" contract with my landlord. I pay monthly rental on time, recently I got a 30 days notice from the landlord to ask me to move out before 4/1/2016 as the landlord sold the house. Due to my personal reason, I couldn't...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I am a licensed real estate agent. A few months ago I introduced and showed a house to a first time home buyer, this was also our first time meeting. Without informing me or any explanation, the buyer used other agent to send an offer to...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA An applicant (an adult, China) applies for green card based on US citizens' sibling. So this is family category 4. The applicant has been waiting for 10 years. Recently the applicant's parents obtained US citizenship. So here a few questions I...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I am a licensed real estate agent. Recently I have helped my client to complete a property purchase. The deal was closed a few weeks ago. A few days ago, I received an attorney letter that another real estate broker claimed this broker had...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I have a condo in Boston. Recently a lot of snow on the roof has leaked a lots of water into the room causing damages. The management company did send contractor to clean the roof, but not good enough as leaking is not stopped. The condo has...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? FL I bought a house in FL last year. I didn't move in for over 6 months so I didn't open water account from city. The previous owner didn't close the account (0 balance during closing). But since then, the account has accumulated about $600 due to...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA As an landlord, I had a lease with a family with 2 adults and 2 children with no more than 4 people allowed to live in the unit per lease. But neighbors repeatedly told me there are actually more than 8 people living there. When I asked the...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I purchased a home insurance through an agent. The house rebuild value has been estimated reasonably in the statement I received. After two months, the insurance tells me that the new inspection indicate the value of the house is 30% more than...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I bought a house, which is over 50 year old, so lead paint is possible. I used quick lead test kits from HomeDepot to check trim, wall, floor, window etc, found no lead. My test is not 100% accurate, so I can't tell for sure there is no lead...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA If I hire an lead inspector, does he/she keep inspection info confidential or not? Thanks.

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I have been given wrong drug with correct label on the bottle. Because of skipping the correct medicine, my medical condition has been worsen (eventually my condition under control after switch back to the correct medicine). The wrong medicine...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA I bought a house 4 years ago including finished basement. The included basement footage was not included gross living area, instead, in the MLS listing, it was listed in an additional remarks "additional 1500 sq/ft finished basement". There...