Overcharged Loft Rent - What are our best options?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The general proposition holds a tenant should not engage in rent withholding while investigating a claim of a rent...

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: You seem focused on the risks of an Attorney General complaint instead of how to make the best of this situation and...

If my son is living in a rent stabilized apt.for 22 years. can the owner refuse his checks when he has been paying all that time

Dear New York Tenant: Your son is not a tenant merely because the landlord took his rent checks. Rent Stabilization succession rights are...

Due to the below circumstances can i legally show a room for rent prior to roommate moving with advance notice.

Dear New York Tenant: Your roommate is already armed with an attorney who reviewed your agreement, the notice you posted on the door, your three...

If my son is living in a rent stabilized apt.for 22 years. can the owner refuse his checks when he has been paying all that time

Dear New York Tenant: Your son is not a tenant merely because the landlord took his rent checks. Rent Stabilization succession rights are...

My landloard refuses to turn the heat on even tho it states in my lease all utilitys are includet heat/ water/electric/

Dear Peter: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York. I do not practice in New Hampshire. AVVO is a public forum so there is no...

Is it legal to sleep in a van?

Dear San Diego Van Owner: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York. I do not practice law in California. You would think who...

Im preparing a sample lease agreement between my wife (as the tenant) and my dad or my mom (as the landlord) but once I get it

Dear Lakewood Lease Writer: You must make certain that your lease conforms to Washington State...

What legal terms are used in court to ask the judge to seize the assets and property of in case someone loses the lawsuit?

Dear Plaintiff: You are thinking of a pre-judgment order of attachment. Good luck.

I'm the defendant in consumer credit action...motion hearing was set for June 4th, I see it has been adjourned to June 6

Dear Riverhead Defendant: How did you know the case was on for June 4, 2013? Was that the date selected by the Plaintiff in the Notice of...