Landlord and Tenant Rights and Obligations Every rental housing situation presents the landlord and the tenant each with specific rights and responsibilities. → Read More
A Seller’s Guide to Selling a Home This article will give you tips on avoiding legal pitfalls while selling your house. → Read More
Landlord Rights: Collecting Unpaid Rent and Property Damage If there’s no security deposit, or there is one, but it’s inadequate (i.e. too small to cover the damages or unpaid rent), then the landlord’s recourse is to sue the tenants. → Read More
Odors and Pollution: Suing for Diminished Value of Your Home or Property If odors from an identifiable source, such as a landfill pollute your home, and as a result there is a diminution in the value of your home, you can file a lawsuit against the landfill owner for nuisance. Your damages would be the permanent diminution in the value of your property (home and land). Even if your damages are specific, monetary damages may not address the continuing nature of the odors or pollution. → Read More
Restrictions on Tenants Without a Written Lease Does a landlord really have a legal right to hold you responsible for paying a full year’s rent if you never signed a lease agreement? → Read More
Adverse Possession: Obtaining Property Ownership Through Squatter’s Rights Adverse possession or squatter’s rights allows title to real property to be acquired without compensation, by holding the property in a manner that conflicts with the true owner’s rights for a specified time. Adverse possession exists to cure potential or actual defects in real estate titles by putting a statute of limitations on possible litigation over such titles. → Read More
Eviction Notices An eviction notice, scary as it is, is not the eviction itself. When a tenant is served with an eviction notice, they still have rights and options. The eviction noticed may be presented as a legal document, but it must meet strict requirements before a court will consider it valid. → Read More
Rent Increases on an Oral Agreement Even if you have an oral lease for a month-to-month tenancy, your landlord is under certain obligations to honor its terms. → Read More
Collecting Unpaid Back or Delinquent Rent from Tenants: Basic Do’s and Don’ts Most your legal options for collecting unpaid back or delinquent rent from tenants will be defined by your rental agreement. A well-written lease contract will define all the specifics of a rental agreement, including the amount of rent and when the rent is due. If you can’t establish a clear due date, you will be precluded from pursuing many rent-collection efforts. → Read More
Evicting a Domestic Partner After Splitting Up Absent a formal domestic partner relationship, a partner who owns a home or is renting a home can simply demand the other person leave, and then pursue traditional eviction procedures if necessary. → Read More
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