My tenant signed a 1 year lease and wants to break it after41/2 months.

If she breaks the lease, you're entitled to the remaining value of the lease, until you can replace her. You do have a duty to mitigate your loss...

Does a Landlord have to rent a new apartment to an already existing tenant?

Certainly not! You can rent to whom you please (so long as you are not discriminating.) It sounds like this tenant has will continue to create a...

Can our landlord keep an entire month's rent payment if a new tenant signed a lease on the 15th?

If you are released from the lease as of 12/15, then you are released. Since the landlord had received rent from the new lessees, you should be...

This issue continues to create a problem for both tenants and landlords. My opinion is that the duty to provide utilities is the landlord's, not...

Temporary Housing responsibilities of landlord to tenant during repairs

It's a little unclear about day 8, day 14, but it seems to boil down to this: The unit became uninhabitable, the tenants left as a result. There...

The landlord needs to fix the door immediately. If that's been done and he's now trying to tack the charge onto your rent, that's clearly improper....

How do I collect a court ordered judgement from an employer who has filed chapter 13 bankruptcy?

You are now a creditor and must get in line with all the other creditors to get paid under the Chapter 13 plan.

Chapter 7 filing and property

You say you own the car outright, so you have $9000 in equity. In and of itself that's not a problem so long as it you can fit it into an...

If you filed chapter 7 and behind on your house payment can you save your home?

In fact, many banks will use the filing to pull a loan mod, even if you are current on the loan mod. So, agreed, it's up to the bank.

How is our joint tax refund affected after I filed Ch. 7 in 2009? Should we file jointly or separate?

It wouldn't make any diifference.