My tenant refuses to pay what should I do?

Dear Manhattan Property Owner: How did your tenants' plan to take the rent money and run prevent you from exercising the right to demand rent...

Landowner who has property that abuts ours, gave us permission to cut 12 (small) trees down, that are encroaching our property

Dear Buffalo Home Owner: I want you to know I read the question, although I responded to your other questions. I thank you for your kind...

Can I take any action against my landlord for violating my privacy by reading and photographing my personal mail?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Sure there's something you can do about this. Deny the landlord access to the apartment except when you are home due to...

Dear Nanuet Property Owner: In my opinion you already went far beyond reason to appease a tenant upset at a normal noise made by a baby. At some...

Can a tenant's agent also be the landlord/part-owner of the apartment building that he's showing?

Dear Brooklyn Prospective Tenant: If your agent (that is special person you hired to help you find a home) did not inform you that you were...

We have received eviction notices in the mail from our landlord, must pay within 5 days?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I'm not sure what you expected when you chose to hold back rent after waiting too long for the window guards. Did you...

If you're approved for a lease under certain conditions and those conditions change, can that affect the lease?

Dear Brooklyn Prospective Tenant: Is there a reason you feel entitled to the money paid by your partner when he signed the lease? Does he feel...

How long does my landlord have to collect rent in arrears. When my father passed away A judge gave me succession rights .

Dear Manhattan Tenant: I gather that the landlord also ignored your right as a Rent Stabilized tenant to a lease and renewal leases and to Rent...

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My tenant was not paying pet fee while others were, when evicted can I charge pet fee from the last month deposit and security

Dear Lockport Property Owner: If the 'pet fee' is due together with the regular monthly rent as an item of added rent and you did not claim the...

How to collect debt from tenants who already moved out?

Dear Fresh Meadows Property Owner: "Pursue" is the right idea; since securing the judgment for the money owed to you is the first big hurdle in...