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If you do not get satisfaction from your demand letter (even if the landlord claims damages, owed rent) you can always file in Magistrate's Court (Georgia's version of Small Claims). Lawsuits up to $15,000 are heard in this court and one does not need an attorney to represent them. It's...

You must have some access to the landlord. After all, who do you pay your rent to? Gail

Georgia Code 44-7-35 addresses this..but only if the landlord owns less than 10 units (44-7-36): http://law.justia.com/georgia/codes/44/44-7-35.html http://law.onecle.com/georgia/44/44-7-36.html Gail

Ooops; reading too early in the morning. Yes, the 30 day requirement in Georgia involves even those landlords who have less than 10 units, have an LLC, etc. etc.. A demand letter is just that....something as simple as "I vacated the unit on .....(date) and have not received my security...

The deal was free rent in exchange for painting. They're the ones who said they could not move in. Deal over. Gail

A landlord in Texas must provide information regarding the security deposit within 30 days of the tenant vacating the unit no matter how many rental units they own. Start by writing what is known as a "demand" letter, requesting your security deposit within a specific time frame (say, 1 week...

The point I was trying to make on this legal forum is that if paternity has been established (either through marriage or through the court system after paternity testing), this child is not "your" daughter; it is "our" daughter in the eyes of the law. If one goes into court using the term...

Yes, you are legally bound to this lease. It is up to the tenant to find out information about the neighborhood. Frankly, I'd rather live next door to a halfway house for parolees as opposed to what I might find as my next door neighbors. Gail

You can certainly request this. At least one window per room should be able to be opened as an exit in case of an emergency. This should be an easy thing to fix. Gail

Is he the father of this child? If so, this is not "your" daughter, this is "our" daughter. Gail

Ignore what is being claimed. Nothing is true unless it can be proven to a judge. How quickly this case will be heard is dependent on how busy the court system is; it is up to the court to schedule a hearing once a claim has been filed. Gail

I agree that it would be wise for the local health inspector to check this place out. Gail

If you wish to terminate the lease (as opposed to forcing the landlord to do the repairs), you notify him in writing that you are doing so. You don't apply to the court to do so. It would be up to the landlord to see if they wish to pursue this matter of breaking the lease through the legal...

What is your role in all of this? Are you the landlord or the smoking tenant? Gail

Yes but in this case it would be better for everyone involved (and still around) to sign off that the landlord agrees to this solution of letting you out of the lease and not charging you (or the co-signer) later with owed rent/legal fees. Not sure why the co-signer is "pissed". They need to...

No; your landlady cannot change the locks on her own. This would be known as an "illegal eviction". Only a court can grant an actual eviction and until this is done the landlord cannot toss the tenant out, lock them out, etc.. There are steps each state requires that a landlord take before...

Your landlord is being very generous. It is not up to them to find someone to take your place but rather it's your responsibility to do this. What have you done to find another tenant? Gail

This boils down to a fairly simple case. Was the lease "legal" (i.e., if the super can represent the landlord in lease signing, yes) and did the smoking tenant break the lease which forbids smoking by, well, smoking. Months of litigation? Unlikely. Most judges see through the garbage that...

What the landlord did incorrectly was (as you pointed out), failed to follow the steps to terminating the tenants lease based on breach of lease for smoking. This appears to now be in the process of being remedied through the use of an attorney. The landlord owes nothing to the other...

If you decide to move because of these issues, management may argue that you are breaking the lease and may (if you do not continue to pay on the lease) file a lawsuit against you for doing such. If so, you will be notified of the court date. They would present their side that you broke...