Three Steps to Take When Your Landlord Is Also Your Neighbor Neighbor relationships can be fraught—but what happens when they literally own your home?

Property manager or self-landlord? Hey team, I own a condo with a lot of little things messed up. I’m moving into a new house 20 minutes away. Property management rates are 1/2 of one month’s rent and then 8% per month after that ($160 per month) I make about 200k. I have never been a landlord before, but I’m willing to do the work. Rent on the condo can be around $2000 in my a…

LPT Before moving out of a rental, schedule a a walkthrough with your landlord. Seen many renters complain that a landlord has withheld the security deposit over disputed damage or repairs. Instead of waiting until you have little leverage to advocate for yourself, schedule a walkthrough with the landlord in the days or weeks leading up to your move out. Ask them to point out any items which might cause a deduction. If issu…

Living Colour – Open Letter To A Landlord submitted by /u/MileenasFeet

I think I got scammed by a landlord. Context: I’m a young guy living in Maine, in the US. Hey guys, might end up being a long post, but I need help. About a month ago, I met a property manager, speaking on behalf of the landlord. We will call him Bob. Bob seemed like a very nice guy, and the apartment was kind of shabby, but we decided we would take it. We didn’t have the money up …

The new Sims expansion lets your Sim be a landlord Image: EAYesterday was the worst day of the month for many people — rent day. And if you really love to torture yourself, I have great news for you. In the upcoming Sims 4 For Rent Expansion Pack, players can have their Sims relive all the joys and annoyances of renting life. Players can build multiunit housing in a tropical, vaguely Southeast A…

Reasons Your Landlord Is Keeping Your Security Deposit The apartment felt too “lived in.” You hosted a Friendsgiving two years ago and didn’t invite him. You left a heartfelt thank you note on the counter that he was forced to clean up. The place felt weird with no stuff in it. You took the heart and soul of the place with you when you left. Your security deposit doesn’t even come close to covering …

Parents were advised to pay me rent… I’m a landlord now, I guess? My parents are older and retired. They built an “in-law suite” attached to my house on my property and moved in with us. We get along fine, this is not a problem at all at the moment. Their financial advisor is helping them with medicare planning and advised them to pay me rent every month out of a pooled income trust. Also seems to make sense. …

Landlord didn’t measure the windows before installing blinds. How would you style? Scumlord is scummy. Such is life. I don’t want to pay for correct blinds because I can’t take those with me when inevitably move in a year or two. But maybe curtains? Or I could arrange furniture to afford a bit more privacy? I’ve done so much work on cleaning this house up and fixing details that were ignored that I’m now braindead and can’t co…

Landlord never put water bill in my name This might be the wrong place for this question but here it is: Renting a house with a couple roommates. The owner uses a 3rd party (renters warehouse) for management. The owner is almost impossible to reach by the 3rd party, and he is listed as the landlord on the lease. Example — water heater was broken a while back and put a request in to fix…

Landlord makes us use cashiers check and it was lost in the mail. What are the options here? We can’t afford to cover it but now he’s asking for us to Zelle him since we’re late. (Something he would not let us do prior) The bank said they canceled the check and will reimburse the account in 90 days. submitted by /u/Snake_in_a_tree

These Are the Easiest Fixes for the Worst Landlord Repairs A “landlord special,” as it’s come to be known, is a repair done in the fastest and cheapest way possible in order to ready a unit for the next tenant. While shortcuts can be great in some cases, having a slap-dash job done on something you’ll have to look at and live with long-term can be annoying. This type of… Read more…

Landlord owing me for 3 years When I was a college student in Pennsylvania, I rented a room . During Covid my landlord basically kicked me out ( gave me less than 1 week to move out). His reason was that his sister was coming and he needed the space. It was a month-month payment so no lease. Anyways I luckily found another room to lease and moved. He owed me $1000( security …

A Private Equity Firm Might Be Your Next Landlord Investment firms are buying smaller buildings in the boroughs from families and smaller landlords. Some tenants are wary.

Easy way to transfer monthly rent to landlord? My landlord provided me with their banking information to transfer my monthly rent to them. Is there an easy way to do this? It is over the zelle limit and I’d prefer not to pay a monthly fee with wiring it. Thanks! submitted by /u/brsboarder2

Hey, It’s Me, God, Your Totally Not Vengeful New Landlord In the beginning, I created the apartment and the lease. Then I said, “Let there be tenant”; and there was tenant. And I saw the tenant and that she had sufficient pay stubs and no criminal record, which was good. For I am the landlord your God, and wish not to reveal my wrath upon our first meeting. Then I said, “Let there be skylight”; and the…