Can this collection agency file suit after almost 19 months?

What you are quoting is a federal statute. The PA state contract statute of limitations for debt collection is 4 years from contract or last...

I just got a notice for a certificate of default because I haven't paid my payments for chapter 13 can I?

All depends on how far in you already are and why you defaulted in the first place. Go meet a BK lawyer for a free consultation and ask these...

Foreclosure

You have no options. Your "lease" was subordinate to the mortgage and the foreclosure sale has divested your interest. Your only recourse is...

Email vs lease

You should be able to get $45k back but you might have to fight for it.

Absolutely. You would relieve notice before it is sold and you would have an opportunity to file bankruptcy to eliminate the debt. Might be...

Should both husband and wife's names be on their deed to the house?

It depends what the husband's will says about whiners the house. You can definitely get it changed now to both names if you like. Should cost...

Use a quitclaim or warranty deed.

Either is fine for your purposes. No money is changing hands so you don't need a warranty from him to you. A warranty deed doesn't let you do...

Withholding portion of rent

If you hold the money in an interest bearing escrow account you can withhold the entire rent until the plumbing is fixed.....unless the broken...

My landlord has renewed our lease for 1 year( effective Aug2015) without informing us, citing a clause in our existing lease

This is the way a lease contract works.....especially in a college town. By our signed the contract and didn't read it and you are bound by the...

Do I have the right to be on my property where another party purchased an easement form a previous owner

Absolutely. You must abide by the terms of the easement but you have a right to equal access unless the easement specifically excludes you, which...