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Tenant outsmarts on-site landlord and gets her fired, receives full deposit back and pays reduced final rent: 'Checkmate'

Isabella Penn

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‘I don't think it's fair’: Roommate uses the washing machine while another roommate is repairing it, then ends up flooding their hardwood floor apartment and insists they split the $800 cost

Lana DeGaetano

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Landlord doubles the rent with less than 30 days notice, tenants get even by giving him a taste of his own medicine: 'We never even gave him the keys back'

Ben Weiss

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Landlord arrogantly reports themselves to the Fire Marshall after refusing to supply tenant with a single fire alarm: 'They had no idea that landlords had "responsibilities" and simply saw us tenants as a source of income that should be ever growing'

Brad Dickson

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'That sounds like a you problem': Landlord tries to bill tenant $300 for junk removal months after move-out, tenant calls out the scam

Isabella Penn

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'Landlords maliciously complianced themselves': Upstairs roommates decide to buy the building and become terrible landlords, try to call tenant’s bluff but end up in trouble with the law

Isabella Penn

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'Guess whose sink was fixed within 48 hours?': Tenant stops doing favors for his landlord after his maintenance requests get ignored for months, ends up getting his apartment fixed lickety-split

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Tenant sues landlord, sends materials to her PO Box knowing she won't check it, she misses her court date: '[Now] she looks insanely negligent'

Ben Weiss

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20+ Landlords who refused to solve their tenants' household issues: 'My landlord said, "Just don't use the light switch"'

Remy Millisky

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Manhattan tenant Angela tries to dodge $20,000 in rent and damages by disappearing to Australia, pushing NYC apartment owner to build a revealing website that makes her debt the top hit on Google for her name: ‘She thought she got away unscathed’

Etai Eshet

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23-year-old tenant takes roommates to small claims court after they kicked her out over her cats and refused to return her $700 security deposit: 'They owe me the $700 PLUS the $180 court fees'

Ben Weiss

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Reckless tenants cost landlord thousands in insurance claims, landlord retaliates by throwing their personal boxes in the trash: 'If you don't care about people's stuff, you can't expect them to care about yours'

Ben Weiss

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Landlord's sister demands tenants move out so she can give the place to her son, tenants refuse and turn to landlord: ‘He had to change the lock because she kept letting herself in’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Four siblings inherit a $700k rental home, but the youngest brother unilaterally evicts the 16-year tenant, who then maliciously complies with a court order that costs them $150k: 'His 3 siblings split the proceeds and he got nothing'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Landlord evicts tenant to convert his apartment into an office, tenant fires back with dozens of fines: ‘Take 1.5 month’s rent from me, lose a year’s rent!’

Ben Weiss

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Landlord's son tries to maximize his inheritance, tenant ensures he gets nothing by removing their modifications: 'The house sold for $550,000. In exchange for not pressing fraud charges against him, his three siblings split the proceeds, he got nothing'

Brad Dickson

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