renting

After landlord denies responsibility for a fire-damaged dryer and keeps the deposit, his tenant uses his own lease terms to sell the “ownerless” washer and dryer before moving out: ‘[He] refused to fix appliances, so I sold them’

Etai Eshet

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Texas tenant gets billed $5,887 after flood damage forced him out and cost him $9K, refuses to sign management’s lease release demanding he waive all claims for his losses

Etai Eshet

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Property manager loses it when renter buys a house, attempting to withhold the deposit and push pre-move-out inspections before getting blocked by lease terms and a small claims threat

Etai Eshet

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29-year-old sister gets to rent a house from her parents for $600 a month until his 40-year-old brother gets jealous and they raise it to $1500: ‘To me, this isn’t just some vacation property that anyone can use whenever they want.’

María Cetra

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Landlord threatens Wisconsin renter with a lease violation over parking a Corvette in the home garage: ’Just saying "you're being loud" in an arbitrary manner with nothing in a lease to back it up is an empty threat’

Etai Eshet

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Texas tenant finds CEO of company that owns her apartment to make unresponsive management get basic fixes done: ‘Guess who wanted to talk to me all of a sudden?’

Etai Eshet

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Tennessee Landlord singles out female tenant with unannounced visits, ignored complaints, and denied repairs: ‘He doesn't do this to any other person in the building’

Etai Eshet

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Guy warns his ex she can’t afford the apartment she insisted on keeping, she takes it anyway, then blames him when money gets tight: '"Obviously this is fully her fault"

Etai Eshet

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Colorado landlord “accidentally” double-charges rent via tenant’s ACH, then refuses to refund it, and tries keeping it as “account credit” until after move-out

Etai Eshet

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Mother's husband demands to charge 20-year-old daughter's boyfriend $350 a month for rent because he sometimes spends the night in their house basement with her: 'This feels less like setting reasonable boundaries and more like pushing them out.'

María Cetra

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Philly landlord delays a tenant’s move-in, leaves the new apartment without power for days, then ignores her request for a rent discount over the unusable time: 'He's ignoring my proration request'

Etai Eshet

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New Jersey man rents a rural cottage at a below-market price, discovers the lease classifies the property as owner-occupied, and his landlords are probably scammers

Etai Eshet

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‘My apartment isn’t livable between 8am-4pm‘: California renter loses her bedroom, bathroom, and water every weekday for 2 weeks during pipe work, can't relocate to work remotely, and asks if the landlord owes compensation

Etai Eshet

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Detroit tenants find out their apartment building is converting to a hotel next month, with some having signed year-long leases just weeks ago

Etai Eshet

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A hardworking man refuses to let his brother live rent-free in his second flat after years of saving to buy it: ‘I can't set myself on fire to keep him warm’

Etai Eshet

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Landlord refuses to give tenants their security deposit back, claims his late wife handled it, leading tenants to pursue in court: ‘I have receipts, photos, and documentation’

Bar Mor Hazut

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