If you sign a lease for an apartment and the lease starts August 15, is there a way to get out of the lease without paying ?

Your options will depend on both the language in the lease and also where the apartment is located. If the apartment is in Chicago, there are...

What kind of lawyer do I need???

A personal injury attorney. Act now as video evidence (and statements of sober witnesses) is often crucial in these cases. Videos have a tendency...

We need a lawyer to handle a landlord/tenant dispute. Landlord refuses to refund full amount of security deposit on a rental.

If you have determined that you need a lawyer, you should contact a few and choose the one you like best. You can find lawyers using the "find a...

What do I do after a car accident and the person that hits my car has no insurance and not did I?

If you hope to recover money from the other driver you will have to file a lawsuit, win, and successfully collect the money from her. Few attorneys...

,can I be evicted from a place I've been staying with no lease for 3 years and paying rent $560.

If the lease is typical and only lists the mother and your girlfriend, you are probably either an unauthorized sub-tenant or guest. In either...

Can I break my lease legally in il?

It sounds as though you have read the Safe Homes Act. The Safe Homes Act allows lease termination if the situation falls within the requirements of...

I have a tenant who's lease has expired but refuses to move out.

The only way to remove a tenant without the tenant's consent is through an in-court eviction. Evictions are highly technical and one mistake can...

Tenant has three months left on their lease and want to get out of the contract...

Landlords in Illinois (and Chicago in particular) must mitigate their damages when a tenant terminates a lease. This means the landlord must take...

Landlords are not allowed to make tenants pay for common element utilities without a very specific disclosure.

I've lived in the same condo for a Multitude of years paying rent the entire time.

Absent some very unusual rent-to-own contract, there are no special rights for renting the same unit for a long time.