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Please remember that management cannot evict you. Only a court can grant an actual eviction (which is known as a "forcible detainer") in Texas. The most common reason for filing such is due to failure to pay rent. The notice you received should have provided you with the number of days...

Requiring five estimates is ridiculous. Gail

http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/resolve-problems.shtml Gail

Unless the landlord specifically caused the leak which resulted in the mold, no. If you have renters insurance you can file a claim for any damages to your property. Gail

Terminating a month to month tenancy in South Carolina (with the statutes attached): http://lawdigest.uslegal.com/landlord-tenant/lease-termination/4886/ Gail

Attached are the steps a tenant must take should a landlord fail to make repairs. It is important that a tenant follows these steps (often a tenant will complain about repair issues by phone and thus will have no documentation to back them up)...

No; the landlord cannot do that. Gail

If you are concerned that they will come back and, finding the rest of their things gone take legal action against you, get the Writ of Possession for this property. Get it back into your hands legally. Did they provide a security deposit? If so, make certain you send them notice of the...

So you're saying you place the rent in escrow when the landlord did not respond to repair requests and you waited the appropriate time to go this route, correct? What does your lease say in terms of your monthly rent? If $625, it's $625 rent and the paperwork the landlord filled out for the...

Then she has lost this holding fee deposit. Gail

When you decided to stop paying rent, did you follow the steps required by Michigan for such an action (i.e., setting up a separate account where the rent was deposited to be held)? Or did you simply stop paying rent? http://www.lsnm.org/rentersrights.html Gail

If this was specified as a "holding fee" to remove the property from the market, she does not get the money back if she changes her mind about renting. Gail

When these laws were initially written, the internet did not exist. Many courts certainly do accept emails as documentation of written notice. Honestly; it really does sound as if your landlord has tried to work around your schedule in terms of you buying this house. Now you're looking to...

Where you stand at this point is that you have to be out by November 15th. I understand that you might not yet know what your closing date will be but your landlord is, of course, attempting to rerent the house during a time of the year where it has traditionally been difficult to find...

Where is the father/husband (if married) in all of this? Gail

I'm sorry but from your posting it appears that a decision has been made; the officer of housing court (and I'm assuming this was heard in New York City's Housing Court since they typically handle these type of case) has ruled if you paid the back rent, you would get a lease. Gail

You've been trying to a what? since 2005? A lease? Are you saying that because you do not have a lease that management is increasing your rent on a very regular basis? Typically one is still a tenant even if they don't have a written lease. This may be different in the case of public...

Does your lease allow for early termination (no matter the reason)? If not, your tenants are on the hook for for the remainder of their lease unless the place can be rerented. While there are some "outs" for a tenant to break a lease early (for example, if they are active duty military...

The attached may help; it's an easy to read review of California landlord tenant laws (which can be daunting!): http://www.landlord.com/lawresoverview.htm#2.%20SECURITY%20DEPOSITS Pay particular attention to #2 which addresses security deposits which can be kept to cover "defaults in rent...

Here is your friends problem... In the absence of a written lease (which will specify the length of the contract), a tenant is considered to have a "tenancy at will". How long this tenancy is depends on how frequently the tenant pays the rent; if monthly this is a month to month lease (it...