Is there any way to avoid signing 12 month lease?

Does the landlord live at the property? If the landlord didn't send you the lease with a notice to quit, then you don't have to sign it.

The conscionability of an increase depends on various factors, the most important being market value, the landlord's profitability, the time since...

How many rental units in the property? If you live there and there are three or less total units, you may terminate a month-to-month lease upon one...

How do I get my security deposit back?

If the property was not owner-occupied, or was owner-occupied and had more than three units, it is the responsibility of the buyer to return it....

Landlord tenant conversion

It depends on what they found and what ordinance or state regulation they're citing you for. Letting a friend stay in the basement doesn't sound...

Can I get my security back?

I'd need to know more details to be able to advise you with more certainty. When this happens, I normally send out a demand letter and usually am...

Do i still have time to take landlord to court after i moved?

Yes, you may. How did the landlord retaliate? Did he or she try to evict you?

What is the best route to evict a former owner after purchasing a property from a sheriff's sale?

I would file an ejectment. I'm unaware of the other method you suggest about filing a writ with Trenton. How would you obtain a writ in the first...

If a tenant breaks a lease and moves out early, when does the 30 day notice period begin for returning their security deposit?

Not an easy question to answer. The security deposit statute, N.J.S.A. 46:8-21 et seq., requires a landlord to return the security or an...

Is it possible to sue a university for unfit dorming conditions? Is the school technically a landlord in this case below?

I imagine so. But it depends on what your agreement is, what you signed before you moved in, etc. To whom do you pay rent? Did you sign a lease?