Can I pay on my fifth day of a 5 day pay or quit notice

A "5 day pay or quit" notice has no legal effect in NJ. All that matters is that the landlord considers you to be late with your rent. In NJ, no...

I live in the state of Nj is it legal for my landlord to charge me 60% of my rent for late rent payment

No, such a high late fee would never be considered "reasonable", which is the standard used by courts to determine the legality of late fees. Even...

How do you contest a will?

Your father's will does not control what your mother can do with her house. This assumes that the house was originally owned by both of your...

If this is anything but a first floor unit, almost all condo by-laws or rules & regulations require that floors be covered with carpet to reduce...

Co-tenant breaks lease without consent from other tenants.

Unless the "notice" was "signed" (electronically or otherwise) by all the tenants, it should not be effective for all, only the tenant who sent it....

Can a new owner increase rent by $200?

Changes to leases can be made only at the time the lease is set to expire. The landlord must offer the tenant a new lease with whatever new terms...

Can I withhold rent from my landlord if I have a bug infestation that I have verbally and formally complained about for a month?

Tenants are entitled to withhold rent when the rental property is uninhabitable. However, the money withheld must be set aside so that it is...

No money can be removed from a security deposit until after the tenant's tenancy is terminated and the tenant has vacated the rental property. ...

I am being evicted from my apt because of almost the same situation, metion on the previous page w/ the grandmother.

There is much more information needed before anyone can give you accurate advice. For example: it is necessary to know on what basis the landlord...

The dates on my lease are wrong and now the main office is asking for that money, how do I proceed?

Put all of your complaints in a letter to the landlord, including the problem with the lease date, and request that all issues be corrected...