renting

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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Pennsylvania landlord threatens eviction over missing rent, despite the tenant having bank statements and payment confirmation: ‘I’m not trying to be difficult, I just don’t want to pay rent twice for the same month and then fight to get it back later’

Etai Eshet

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Landlady enters a tenant’s room with a potential renter, cleans it without permission, moves belongings around, and expects to be thanked for it

Etai Eshet

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Family with unhinged landlord turn the tables after finally moving out, enjoy the rambling voicemails he still leaves them: 'The voicemails... were the highlight of my day there for a while.'

Elna McHilderson

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Resident finds out neighbor has been secretly renting out their parking spot while they travel for work: 'She had been giving a cut to the building HOA'

Cata Holmes

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Landlord charges tenant a monthly "tech" fee for a fridge he installed as a replacement, threatening to remotely disable it if they refuse to pay: ‘To take a basic repair and turn it into a recurring revenue stream is disgusting’

Etai Eshet

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Landlord raises tenant’s rent by $150 over “rising maintenance costs” despite ignoring years of repair requests, marking maintenance tickets as resolved without fixing anything: ‘The building literally rots around us’

Cata Holmes

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Arizona Landlord informs tenant that the parking included in the lease won't be available until August on move-in day, after collecting $3000 and handing over keys

Etai Eshet

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Guy accused of being a noisy neighbor gets landlord to look at footage that actually proves the complainer is the problem, gets him evicted: ‘My name was clear… My neighbor was evicted about a month later.’

Elna McHilderson

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Renter finds a dream apartment only to discover that the landlord is a nightmare: 'My dream home: a place where I can’t eat, exist, or turn on lights'

Brad Dickson

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German Airbnb owner rents out a student dorm room to a traveler under the guise of a real apartment, traveler reports him: ‘He openly bragged about running illegal Airbnbs as a side hustle’

Lana DeGaetano

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25-year-old woman finds out roommate rents her room and wardrobe out while she's away, moves out but not before getting her blacklisted from the local leasing companies: ‘It doesn’t effect [me]…'

Elna McHilderson

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