Is our property manager able to charge us over $200 for painting (although we were told to patch holes and paint ourselves)?

Continue to fight. If you patched and painted to avoid a charge, in reliance on what your landlord told you, you are not responsible for painting....

Can I break my 1 yr lease due to severe noise from grocery store parking lot below complex, murder & drug bust in neighborhood?

Dear tenant, If the neighborhood is that unsafe, you should move and worry about the lease consequences later. The landlord will not make you...

What can I do about my neighboor harrasing us?

You can't stop someone from calling the police or the security guards. In this case, you probably need to move. Sorry.

Landlord wont make repairs, black mold growing in by basement and inside walls code compliance wont even come to look

That is a serious health hazard, so I am surprised that the City will not come out and take a look. I would call back and ask to speak to a...

Just notified that our house is going up for short sale in CA. What our our rights?

The realtor is not your friend and is lying to you--the realtor probably can't close the deal unless the house is vacant. Your landlord is right. ...

My landlord gave me notice of termination of our month-to-month lease, and then he changed the locks on the doors. Can he do tha

No, your landlord absolutely CANNOT change the locks to your rental. If he wants you out, he has to file an unlawful detainer lawsuit. And, in San...

How to let the current tenant leave after her lease end? Will adavanced notice work?

Bad news. If you are in a rent-controlled apartment, and you probably are in San Francisco, then you are likely landlords under the rent control...

Is there a minimum amount a complex can require a tenant to be covered in renter's insurance in San Diego, CA?

Even if a tenant has renter's insurance, that doesn't shift liability for damage done by the complex to the tenant. If there is something like a...

This is a funny situation. I do not think you can enforce a clause that lets you say who can and cannot visit your tenant in her own home. It's...

Landlord and other tenant are breaching the lease. No one will call me back!

You can sue your neighbor and get an order from the Court that the neighbor cannot park there anymore. This is expensive, but it might be worth it...