Contractor’s strategy tries to build ceiling for liability
Q. I have a single-family house that I use as a rental. I'm about to do some major renovation work and was given a contract by the contractor. It's got...
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Contractor’s strategy tries to build ceiling for liability
Q. I have a single-family house that I use as a rental. I'm about to do some major renovation work and was given a contract by the contractor. It's got...
Landlord fires tenant’s wife after mice complaint
Q. My wife and I live in a midsize apartment complex. My wife is the "fill-in" office manager — she takes over when the regular manager has to be away...
Landlord fires tenant’s wife after mice complaint
Q. My wife and I live in a midsize apartment complex. My wife is the "fill-in" office manager — she takes over when the regular manager has to be away...
Mold moves tenant to ask for another unit
Q. I've been in my apartment for a couple of years and recently began seeing green-black mold in the closet, bedroom and hallway. It won't go away, even when I...
Taking extra steps to fix property hazards
Q. A tenant's guest is suing us for injuries she says she suffered when she fell on a staircase at our building. The staircase had been recently repaired; our resident...
Taking extra steps to fix property hazards
Q. A tenant's guest is suing us for injuries she says she suffered when she fell on a staircase at our building. The staircase had been recently repaired; our resident...
Mold moves tenant to ask for another unit
Q. I've been in my apartment for a couple of years and recently began seeing green-black mold in the closet, bedroom and hallway. It won't go away, even when I...
Clarifying back-rent collection on foreclosures
Q. Last month, you answered a question by a rental property owner who bought his property from a foreclosing bank. The resident tenants hadn't paid the rent while the bank...
Repair and deduct rule gets fuzzy with cable TV
QI'm having rent hassles with my landlord. When he refused to replace a cracked window, claiming that I broke it, I had it fixed and deducted the cost from the...