51 articles on "tenant"

When to Fight for Tenant's Rights to Repairs

Once you sign the lease to a rental unit, you are automatically entitled to certain privileges. Unlike homeowners, you are not responsible for making all repairs. Landlords are required by the Landlord-Tenant law to keep things a "fit and habitable c...

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Abandoned or Uncollected Goods

What are you to do if someone has left their property with you or on your premises and do not remove it although you have asked them to do so. This is a problem often facing landlords when a tenant moves out leaving some of their possessions behind a...

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Average Residential Tenant Has Email Address

Joel Webb, President and CEO of AllYouCanRent.com says that with the growing technology in today's markets, even in non-wired cities like Greensboro, NC, PropertyManagers are seeing that most callers who inquire about properties have an email a...

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Your Assured Shorthold Tenancy Lease Agreements - A Brief Guide

This article contains some information about Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements and what rights a tenant can expect to gain from such an arrangement. Assured 'Shorthold' Tenancies Most residential tenancies issued are Assured Shorthold ...

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Rental Maintenance and Repairs: Who Pays The Bills?

Rental Maintenance and Repairs: Who Pays The Bills? by: Dan The Roommate Man Renting property is an arrangement where the needs of owners and tenants generally overlap: The tenant wants a clean and safe home and the landlord wants rent and someo...

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10 Things to know when going to Tenancy Court

1. When the Clerk or Judge calls the list of all matters scheduled, if the landlord is present in the courtroom and the tenant is not, the tenant will be "in default." In that case, a judgment granting the landlord possession of the leased property m...

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Your Responsibility To Promptly Submit Repair Requests To Your Landlord

Your Responsibility To Promptly Submit Repair Requests To Your Landlord by: Dan The Roommate Man As a tenant in a rental community, you have some advantages over homeowners. For example, you don’t need to worry about making simple maintenance ...

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CAN MY LANDLORD EVICT ME FOR SMOKING

QUESTION:I'm subletting an apartment. My landlord wants to evict me for smoking and for allowing my guests to smoke, too. The tenant whom I rent from didn't mention any rules about smoking, nor were there any in the tenant's lease nor...

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The New Jersey Landlord Registration Act

By law, every landlord of a dwelling, except owner-occupied premises with not more than two rental units, must file with the clerk of the municipality in which the residential property is situated, or with the Bureau of Housing Inspection in the Depa...

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Joint & Several In Leases

When you see the phrase "joint and several" in a legal document or contract it means that that the parties on one side of the agreement are responsible individually and collectively for the terms of the agreement.Example: In the case of two tenants ...

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