The provision regarding you being responsible for rent while you have keys makes no sense if you consider extreme examples such as yours. My...

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Do I have to pay the LARGE water bill if the leak did not occur in my unit

To some degree this may depend on exactly what your lease says. If you are unable to assign fault to the other tenant for his/her negligence in...

It sounds like the $300 pet fee is really just a variation of a security deposit. Unless the lease states otherwise withholding your pet deposit...

Law re sealing of eviction case....

California rules of court section 2.551 might be helpful.

I would first start by checking to make sure that the increase does not violate your rental agreement. Assuming you have checked and it does not,...

Can my landlord post a for rent sign on my yard advertising for a different property rental they own

Assuming that there is no provision in your lease that would allow such signage, you could make an argument that the landlord is trespassing.

Disclosure of megans law to other tenants renting a room in same house as a registered sex offender

The law generally limits a landlord's duty to providing notice in the lease agreement that the tenant can look up registered sex offenders in the...

Do i have to pay apartment repair fee if no written move in inspection

The move in inspection is designed to protect you from situations such as this. If you did not exercise your right to have a move in inspection,...

You can certainly try to negotiate a greater return from you security deposit. However, I don't think there is much incentive for a landlord to...

How do i deal with this situation.

With this amount of money at risk, I'd strongly recommend contacting a landlord tenant attorney. It's also not clear what you mean forced to...