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Started in January, Experian is adding rent payments on individual credit reports. This will only affect tenants whos LL report to the CRA, and only for positive reports at this point. Currently no late rent payments are being reported, however Experian reports they will soon with certain...

23 June 2005 MEMORANDUM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY Recently, it has come to the attention of the Secretary of the Army that some deployed Soldiers may have been threatened by creditors concerning debts the Soldiers owed. It is important for deployed Soldiers and their leaders...

yes, do as Blonde states... Call a few Real Estate Attorneys... You may have shot yourself in the foot by taking the property "as-is", but if the person who sold you the house knew there was water damage from the pervious tenant's negligence, you may have a loop-hole to get out...

If NO notice was given either by your or the LL, then yes, the lease automatically renews itself. And YES if either of you try to break the lease, your are breaching it...

Check your lease VERY carefully... If there is a clause in there stating that the lease will renew itsef, then you are bound to it... If however what you are saying is true that your roommate took it upon himself to sign the lease and he did so. Then he is the one with the problem as he is...

He's not a freeloader if he is paying rent. Yes you can be added to the lease, but you must ask the LL to do so. As ENASNI stated though, the LL may not have known you were living there and they may either accept you or evict you both for violating the lease. If your roommate is breaching his...

We need the entire story... You LL is correct in saying you are allowed to enter the aparmtent even if your BF does not want you there as you are on the lease. How did the police become involved? If they say you will be arrested if you make a key and renter, then you must abide by their...

OR... get a receipt with the month, amount of rent, and the LL's signature on it... The next time he calls, simply hand him a copy of the receipt and inform him that you've already paid rent and it is not your fault he can't find the check...

Oh bother... While it may work with a stupid LL, the greed in his eyes will overtake everything and he will simply hold up the lease the tenants signed and point at their signatures... While I feel for the tenants, it's a classic case of 'caveat emptor' About the only thing you really can do...

Did you OR your LL give a 30-days notice to vacate in July of 2004? If not, then you are bound for another year. If yes, then you are free to vacate August 1. In order for you to get out of this lease, assuming it's still in place, is for you to give the LL your "Notice to Vacate" ON OR BEFORE...

Check your LL/T laws in regards to Security Deposits... Some state specifically state that a Securidy Deposit(SD) CANNOT be used to pay rent or used as the "last months rent" Verify that the LL indeed has 45 days, as some states only give 30-days. Look into how the LL must notify you of the SD...

Unless there is a state/county/ law prohibiting this, of course it's legal.

And if you read my original reply carefully, you would see that the question was answered. A lease isn't an issue because no lease exists... They are a month-to-month tenant...

yes, let us know... Just a tad bit of extra info... In my state, a LL MAY hold personal belongings, but they(LL) CANNOT hold items used for a persons work, education, or clothing. In other words, if they are holding school books, computer, clothes, suit for work, your trade tools, etc., the LL...

You DO NOT have to sign a lease with anyone you don't want to. However, most states stipulate that any existing deposit(unite and pet rental) be transferred to the new owner of the dwelling unit upon the sale of the unit. The new owner(LL) must take those deposits and put them in their...