Recently rented a home, and am wondering if it's legal to get charged by landlord for water heater rental if we pay water bill?

First, your lease should spell out all fees/charges you are obligated to pay. If it's not in the lease and you have not voluntarily agreed to it,...

Break in sublease contract? I signed a written contract with a lady to sublease her apartment. She hasn't kept up her end.

Your right to occupy the apartment is dependent upon her having the right to occupy it. Put differently, if she no longer has any right to occupy...

Is a lease clause granting waiver to the statutory "reasonable notice" that landlord is required to give for entry enforceable?

As presented, it would be void in Oregon. See a local attorney to be able to protect your rights.

If you were on a year lease and you broke it early, unless there is a lease-break fee provision in the lease, you are on the hook for rent for the...

I collect Oct Rent and served "3 days notice perform or quiet" would be conflict, "notice" would be automatically invalid?

I am sorry but there are too many spelling errors and/or disjointed phrases for me to understand either the facts or what you are asking. Try...

I'm the landlady of a couple who's been my roommate for the past 2 years. Who has the legal right to retrieve mail from mailbox?

Normally, access to a mailbox is through a common area (is the garage a common area where they are normally allowed?) and all tenants have a right...

Landlords are ordinarily responsible for (and obligated to) eradication of rodents, pest, vermin of all kinds in a rental unit unless you caused...

While ultimately it is up to the Judge, in Oregon at least you would likely not owe anything for the carpet since at least here, it is considered...

Co-tenants both broke lease, can I chose which one to sue for breach?

I am not sure you will get all that you are asking for, but that depends on the exact facts. Yes, you can sue just one of the tenants but why...

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Tenant refuses to change name back to "ABC Store" since he had a verbal agreement with the previous owner. Is the tenant right?

Use self-help at your own peril - depending what you exactly mean by that, it may or may not be legal but is usually disfavored by the court and...