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Apartment Rental Lease Break Fees collected unfairly I stayed for 3 years…

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Apartment Rental Lease Break Fees collected unfairly
I stayed for 3 years continously. In Nov 2001 I signed a lease agreement for 6 months i.e., from Nov 30, 2001 to Ma 31, 2002 which said I will have to pay 1 month rent if I was to break the lease. I had to vacate the apartment by Mar 18, 2002, which is 2.5 months approx from the end of lease period and Payed 1 month of rent as Lease Break fees.
There are several reasons I had to vacate:
1) Lot of disturbance from the water fountains next to apt(Not maintained properly. Timings were irregular, I used on even in the winters from 6:30AM to 10PM.)Requested to change the timings and reduce the water pressure of the fountains. Was not done.2)There are 2 big red wood trees with all the branches covering the outside view of the apartments. Were not able to get the day light properly and see the outside view properly. Requested the Rental office several on occasions to trim the branches a little bit. Which was not done. 3) The Property Manager mentioned that if the tenant is having any Job layoff problems, she would not charge the Lease Break.

Evicting a Relative My husband and I own a house that we bought from my mother…

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Evicting a Relative
My husband and I own a house that we bought from my mother as she was about to lose it in foreclosure. The title and mortgage are both in my husbands name. We made an oral agreement with her that she would pay a portion of the mortgage each month to live there. (We do not live in the house with her) After 5 months she has not paid us any money. We have no written rental lease with her but want to remove her from the premisis and sell the house. What options do we have?

Pets in my Apartment Unit Hello, I recently wanted to acquire a pet for my…

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Pets in my Apartment Unit
Hello, I recently wanted to acquire a pet for my apartment. I read over my rental contract, and the only portion of it that states anything about pets is that (not a direct quote): Pets are allowed upon approval of the management along with an extra deposit. After reading this, I asked my management about how much the deposit would be and they said that their new policy is to ”No pets allowed” and that this will show up when I renew my rental lease (which is in 5 months). Does that break the rental contract? Can I enforce that the contract I have states that I can have a pet with a deposit? Or is the landlord/apartment management allowed to change the terms of the contract without my consent?

Thank you for your help.