Archive for the ‘Renting & Real Estate’ Category

Jennifer asked: It turns out that my apartment has no attic insulation and since I’m on the top floor, I’m basically heating the sky. My gas bills are through the roof for a small apartment. I’m wondering if anyone knows if my landlord has any legal requirements to fix that?

Posted Wed, Dec 17th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. Tagged as: . 2 Comments.

Chrome asked: I want to know about the legal importance of a land lease, and why is it necessary to have a land lease?

Posted Tue, Dec 16th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. Tagged as: . 3 Comments.

Ioana asked: If someone whants to break a lease legally and not ending up with bad credit cand he do that? How, are there legal things that can break the lease?

Posted Sat, Dec 13th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. Tagged as: . 11 Comments.

randy95966 asked: I see people on ebay selling property by Mystery auction. Basically it is a lottery, people buy an envelope and X number of envelopes are offered and one has the property in it. Is this legal?

Posted Sun, Oct 12th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. 2 Comments.

Passionate Praiser asked: I live in Michigan and want to rent a home. I found a guy who said that he would rent out this home that he purchased at a Sheriff sale. He said that there was still a redemption period that allows the original homeowner to pay what they owe and [...]

Posted Thu, Jul 31st, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. Tagged as: . 2 Comments.

dcpro50 asked: In the DC area, some housing postings say they are looking for a single person (for example, to take up a basement apartment). Is it legal for a landlord to specify that only a single person can occupy it, or is there some law that prevents this restriction? Some of these [...]

Posted Wed, Jul 30th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. 7 Comments.

Weber asked: My friends’ landlord placed this in their lease while one was working in a restaurant. My friend no longer works in a restaurant. The landlord has now threatened to evict if they do not pay a lump sum in cash. It seems like shaky legal ground to me. Just [...]

Posted Fri, Jul 11th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. Tagged as: . 8 Comments.

Queen Queso asked: My neighbor is burning his trailer down instead of paying for it to be removed. We are in the state of Indiana. Is this legal?

Posted Thu, Jun 26th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. 6 Comments.

TM asked: I may be purchasing a mobile home from the home owner. What legal documents do I need to make sure that the transaction is legal?

Posted Thu, Jun 5th, 2008. Listed under: Renting & Real Estate. 1 Comment.