If someone needs a place to stay and you verbally agree on a rent amount but they fail to pay can you just ask them to leave

There are different schools of thought on this. I agree with the previous poster that if you want to stay out of trouble it is best to give your...

We have moved out of an apartment we rented for two years, I am wondering what is normal wear and tear? As far as paint goes?

As always, it depends. The RLTA at RCW 59 18 states that the tenant is responsible to repair damage caused by the tenant to the property that is...

Can our landlord be in our yard and use our water without our permission?

As a tenant you have what is called the "quiet enjoyment" which means that it is not OK for your landlord to be on your tenancy property unless he...

You don't "have a case", you have a difficult landlord and the sooner you get out of an apartment with a mold infestation, the better....

New Landlord wants us to pay for Damage old landlord would not fix.

When you moved in five years ago, did you and your previous landlord fill out a walk through checklist? That is the baseline for what happened to...

If an apartment complex has a designated area only where children can play, is it discrimination?

Were you personally present to see what scratched your car? If yes, then you could file suit against the parent of the child that was responsible....

Bogus cleaning charge

Read RCW 59 18 260, 270 and 280. Your landlord can charge a cleaning fee up front, but cannot confuse that with a deposit. If you gave her a...

Breaking a lease do to drug dealers and damage to your apt surroundings

If there is drug dealing going on in your complex and other unpleasant behavior such as you are describing, then give your landlord notice about...

Can an apt complex tell you what dates you are aloud to vacate?

No it is not unlawful, it is exactly what a judge would order as a remedy for breaking the lease. If this is their offer, and not knowing any more...

I certainly hope you did not move in! I have been in your position, and I spent days trying to make a filthy house liveable. You and your landlord...