My mom is with hospice and i have power of attorney.

For there to be financial elder abuse, there must be a "taking" of the elder's money or property. Owing rent to elder (including not paying utility...

My husband an I work as a team as "Assistant Managers" we were terminated on July 19th, 2010 for no cause. they gave no cause.

The law governing your rights as a "tenant" if you have an employer-employee relationship with the owner of the property is not very clear. If...

If you have direct evidence of retaliatory intent such as a letter from the landlord to you where the landlord stated to you that the reason he...

Can a management company keep collected rent to cover the cost of repairs?

To answer this question, one would need to know the terms of the management contract you had with the management company. Ordinarily, management...

Being evicted for an apt i mved out of gave notice but rmmate did not pay her half and continued to live there am I liable?

There need not be a writing for the release to be in effective. Novation can be established by the subsequent conduct of the parties. It is...

Rent demanded after house is forclosed on

The foreclosure is not very relevant in your dispute with this man. The question I have is did you have an agreement with him to pay him rent or...

Landlord can charge you reasonable costs of repairs even if the amounts are higher than the security deposit, if they can prove you caused the...

If I have a holding deposit but no lease, can i change my mind about this tenant? he seems not responsible not showing up

Certain contracts must be in writing to be enforceable. Otherwise they are barred by the statute of frauds. A lease for a term of over a year must...

Can a landlord prohibit family members or males, in general, from entering onto the rental property?

Landlords can't legally prohibit family members from visiting you. that's illegal.

Closing escrow next week & the non paying tenant is refusing to leave the property, can we call the cops to remove him?

If you call the cops, what are you going to tell them who is it that you want them to remove from your property? The minute you mention to the cops...