Dear New York Tenant: Your statement suggests you rent a room in a house or in an apartment. Do you alone occupy the remainder of the house or...

How do i put up with my landlords changing demands?

Dear Tenant: Renting a four-bedroom house is a huge undertaking. Moving out before the lease term expires is unusual. Since you negotiated for...

I leased car without read the lease agreement

Dear Buffalo Vehicle Lessee: You are not alone in not reading your new vehicle lease and claiming you signed a document you couldn't read when...

Dear Bronx Tenant: The forged signature on the new lease presents danger if you intend to leave the apartment because you cannot pay the rent....

How to get out of a co-signing lease if my co-signer keep rejecting the potential people whom we could assign our lease to?

Dear New York Tenant: A tenant requires written consent from the landlord as well as the co-tenant to assign the lease. If you plan to move...

As a "tenant at will," is there a way to get my landlord to fix broken utilities without retaliation?

Dear New York Tenant: Your statement suggests that without an attorney or assistance from a local elected official you are justified in your...

Not Paying My Last Months Rent

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I suggest you allow a lawyer to look over your lease since your description of a right to cancel the lease with sixty days...

What is the best way to hold over when the landlord will not negotiate.

Dear New York Tenant: How did the landlord not "negotiate" when the landlord still offered a one year lease while owed $150,000.00 in "old"...

Commercial lease (Building shutting down in a year, signed a lease and did not know)

Dear New York Tenant: New York "law" condemns the tenant to full liability for any unpaid rent remaining as agreed in a lease in the event the...

If I am trying to evict someone from my house, for example a mother evicting her abusive daughter how long is the process?

Dear Jamaica Home Owner: If your daughter ever paid rent to you, the "law" considers her as a tenant, without a lease, with a month to month...