Yes, you can raise the rent. Once the lease expires, it automatically diverts to a month-to-month tenancy. Nothing stops you from giving notice of...

I would agree with Counsel. If there was a signed lease, check the lease to see what it states about advanced notification for walkthrough.

I agree with counsel. There are no "squatter rights", however, because of the length of the stay and his unwillingness to leave, you will have to...

You can't do it for a failure to pay rent unless it's commercial. There's a case about this that prohibits the adding of anything other than rent...

That's a tricky one. However, the short answer is that you would likely have cause for a breach of the implied warranty of habitability and right...

I agree with Counsel. The odds of getting it vacated are slim unless there was a true emergency that forced you to miss court. The Legal Aid...

Your best option is to try and negotiate the terms of your vacating the lease. Unfortunately, you can't unilaterally terminate it if there is a...

I agree with Counsel. This is sounding an awful lot like key money., which is not allowed. A rose by any other name, as the saying goes. Like...

Unfortunately, the answer is probably yes. Depending on when your lease ended, even if they evicted you, they can go after unpaid rent moving...

The short answer is: yes. Once you signed the lease, you committed yourself to a contract. The making of a payment or lack of payment doesn't...