I answered an ad for a house off of Craig's List for a single house on 1/4 acre for $1250.00. Set up an appointment to see the property. The landlord's daughter who is over 21 came to meet me and show me the property. It was clean inside and there was a small storage unit on the outside, which ... Read More

This is the 3rd house in 3 years that we have rented and gone into foreclosure. Previously, the owner's were willing to work with us and let us stay. We were able to negotiate no rent for a period of time to allow our family time to save for a new deposit. The current owner has a $500k home in ... Read More

RG09481107 Alameda County Superior Court Judge August 25, 2010, takes matter off calendar; Property Asset Management, Inc vs Brown. Attorney David Endres got the property from Pite and Duncan Trust Account where the Original Trustor from 2001 Lisa Swain-Morris employed at Charles Swabb had ... Read More

My family and I exercised our right to terminate our lease and vacate the rental property after the Landlord ignored repeated requests for repairs over a 5 month period. Mice in the kitchen (dead or alive), a roof leak in the bedroom, and severe rain water intrusion coming through the front walls ... Read More

We have been renting a home in Carlsbad, CA since June 2008. The home is in foreclosure and scheduled for auction (2nd time in ten months) on 7/14/2010. With our original lease contract, we paid upfront first months rent, last months rent and a security deposit. Our landlord refuses to provide us ... Read More

In the end of May 2010 i found the condo i live in on a foreclosure list...wow was i surprised. I deal with an manager not the owner so i asked him....he told me it was true & how did i feel about it? duh what a dumb question. I pay my rent every month and the owner pockets the money...it don't ... Read More

we have had our companion animals for several years my passion is a maltipoo. my daughters companion is frankie, also her best friend, mgmt claims we never told them about our dogs. my pet deposit was waived upon move in due to passion being my companion. We got frankie for amanda. she was taking a ... Read More

Leasing Agent accepted my rent check (4/17/10)late not realizing that the manager had sent it over to the attorney for a eviction to began. Summons Complaint taped to my door on 4/18/10. Managment kept calling me on 4/19/10 ask me (tenant) to pay attorney fees of 605.00. Management states over the ... Read More

A notice of foreclosure was placed on the front fence of the apartment complex in March. The landlord had already stopped responding to phone calls and requests for repairs etc. Three apartments were occupied at that time, the fourth was uninhabitable. We had no idea up to that point that ... Read More

Here I am again less than a year later. Last time I wrote I was having to move due to foreclosure(2nd time in a year). Now.. just 4 months after signing a year lease the landlord is getting divorced and wants us out in 60 days!! I feel he wants to move into the house himself has his current home is ... Read More

I'm in beginning in stage of seeking an attorney right now, the hardest part is to find an attorney specializes in Landlord-Tenant Law in my area. My roommates & I are dealing with multiple problems with the landlord. LL hold the copy of lease, which didn't give us a copy, for four months. We ... Read More

I have been renting this "granny unit" for one year now and the owners son moved back into the rental. I have been given notice but have not been able to find a place and and now moved out into the basement of the rental until I can find a place. I need a place asap or I will be on the street. I ... Read More

Due to harassment, discovering the unit I lived in was illegal and unlivable conditions, I was forced to break my lease. My landlord insisted I was liable for the remainder of the lease and I insist that the lease is void because the unit was misrepresented, illegal and never should have had a ... Read More

After several years of receiving notices that the home we rent was in foreclosure, we finally received official notice it had foreclosed. We have almost used up our 90 days and have been unable to locate a home to rent. I am working on getting my credit score up to purchase a home, but for now we ... Read More

Just moved in for 2 months, then found out the house was infested by rat mites. I got bit all over, I could see hundreds of mites crawling all over, I even had mites inside my nose. Two dogs got bit now have to spend money for the vet. My husband and I are just barely getting by. Luckily the baby ... Read More

I learned on my own that my rental house is in foreclosure, asked landlord and the refused to answer. I'm holding the rent for April 2010 till they officially disclose it. Real Estate agent says sale date in June 7. I don't know where to pay the rent and who are real owner of the house. Landlord ... Read More

mrs woods owner lives in los angeles and her rental is in sacramento i saw the rental from the outside and decided to call her to see how much is the rent she told me can i afford 950 i said no so then she said 850 i said yes in our coversation she mentioned that the security fee will be 850 also i ... Read More

its been sice sept 09 since docter wrote perscrition that i be relocated and i was denied first put up a harsh letter sent see one unit to far from family but issue is to move out of unit complex health issues i been in hospital each yr final docter said my immune system to habitate havnt help me ... Read More

When our wonderful bldg mgr was forced to retire 4 years ago, the mgt co. hired a couple who are horrible. They are covered in tattoos (not that all tattoos are bad) and seem to be stoned most of the time -- when they aren't being verbally abusive. They pick a different tenant each month and ... Read More

I moved into this home 2 months ago and paid a deposit and so far 2 months of rent come to find out our landlord is 5977.32 behind on her pmts which equal about 4 months worth of mortgage pmts. I dont know what to do next I dont think I will be paying till she resolves her problem with the bank.

I live in one of the towers at Parkmerced and have Never been treated so horribly and unfairly. After unsuccessfully being contacted after a rent check bounced, we were served a 3 day notice dated on March 10th,at least 5 days Before we even received it. We left the apartment on March 15th and had ... Read More

In November 09, I received a notice on my door stating that the mortgage was not being paid. I contacted my landlord he said everything was O.K. so I paid rent for November. I kept in touch with the loan service and tried to get my landlord to call them, which he did not. So, December came around I ... Read More

I am living ina low income housing (rental) apartment. My rent is $850 and I am on the waiting list for Section 8 Voucher program which has not been funded for about 10 years. I have been waiting for 6 years and nothing yet. A person has to either die or leave the County. We ar desperate here. I ... Read More

In April 2009, we were notified that the property we were renting, was going up for public auction. This was after April's rent was paid. We heard no more until 2 ladies knocked on our door the 3rd of June and announced that the bank was taking the property,
and we needed to be out by July 1st. ... Read More

Our landlord would come every month for rent. In october he didn't come. His wife then came around 28th of Oct. stating we need 2 pay or deal with bank i then told her i would pay her on Nov.3rd both months and she then refused saxing it was 2 late. we then found a notice on the door that ho me ... Read More

Two months ago, I moved into a condo that had previously been on the market for sale. Before I agreed to rent the condo, the landlord had said that the home was on the market for some time but he had just taken the home off of the market and didn't have intentions to sell. He asked for the first ... Read More

gabe, i want to thank you very much! because of you and tennants together i had a happy ending, fannie mae sent me a very nice person, melissa prandi chief operations officer, for properity/advantage,who made the whole thing have a happy ending i now have a 1yr affordable lease!

I signed a 16 month lease Jan 2009. On July 24th I got a Notice of Default. I continued to pay rent to the landlord; he said he was trying to renegotiate the mortgage. On Nov 19th the property went to auction and title reverted to the bank. However, the bank never recorded the trustee's deed. ... Read More

Our landlord has just informed us that he is putting our rental house up for sale! A realtor showed up at our door and told us she was the new listing agent and wanted us to have a key made so that she can begin showing the house. We still have 6 months on our lease! What rights do we have? What ... Read More

So I rented this place with a roommate. and after having some disputes with her, she started lying and distorting my personal life to the landlord! Now the landlord refuses to renew my lease, AND is keeping my deposit!! When I try to confront the landlord, she calls me a liar for trying to explain ... Read More

I have lived here for 5 1/2 years, the house foreclosed, the bank took over, today a real estate agent came out and gave me an option paper and wants me out before Christmas!! I am disabled and have two disabled sons. We are afraid we will be on the street!!! Where can we get help?!!?

This is a senior duplex community, with average time in units about 15 years. Last year, the owner handed over mgmt to a company. They immediately raised the rent from $390 to $430 for small 1 bdrm units. These are occupied by senior ladies on fixed incomes. Last Aug the mgmt co again raised the ... Read More

I have lived in my rental home for 4 1/2 years. I have never missed a payment and have a lease so I felt secure. I have 5 children and my husband and I work 6 days a week/ 12+ hour shifts to make sure we are never at risk of being homeless. Being at the mercy of a landlord has always unnerving, but ... Read More

Iam writing of the eviction process.our son was a renter for 5 yrs in our home. We had a sub prime loan and the bank would not modify to a descent amount. our son is ill lost his job and has no medical coverage. He also has small children.We are out of state. my husband is retired and disabled.The ... Read More

We have been served with a 90 day notice because our landlord is apparently in foreclosure. He says he is in litigation with the bank. We are being told by the manager that we are to continue to pay our rent to him and "not to worry" . The lawyer for the bank told us when WE contacted them that we ... Read More

We are 2 physically disabled elderly adults that have been wrongfully retalatorily evicted from our former residence of nearly 19 years at 3131 34 Ave. SAC. CA. for lawful just exercise of our civil rights.Through unlawful rent increases,inept/incompetent unlicensed contractors causing housing ... Read More

The house I have been renting for 12 years is in foreclosure. The auction date was posted on my door and has been changed twice. The next date is in December. I have 2 issues: 1-do I still pay rent to a landlord that has not paid the morgage in 14 months (I thought this was fraud) and 2- the ... Read More

The owner of our property has always been great for the 4 years we have been here. To our suprise a Notice of Trustee Sale was taped to our door on 10-8-2009. We freaked out! We then contacted the landlord and she acted so casual about it saying,"Oh, don't worry about it, I'm in the process of ... Read More

In nov 2008 we find out our landlord was in default. We told him we knew and would not pay rent so we could have money for a new place. In Feb 2009 we found a new place told owners what happened they assured us that would not happen. in Jun 09 husband went on disability, we got beind in rent in ... Read More

well i rented a home in sun city ca. almost three years into it. the owner of prop decided that he was going to save his shopping center prop instead of homes. they took six months of rent and didnt pay morgage with it. i asked for my sec deposit back they said they used it to cover any back rent ... Read More

I used to live in one of Mr. Sterling's Beverly Hills apartments. It was probably the only apartment building in Beverly Hills where rats freely roamed. Mr. Sterling should probably buy a hotel and be found dead in every room. Total slimeball.

the ill reputed ex-manager who was petitioned off this property by the tenants gave me a 90 day notice which ever since has caused problems with my section 8!!! and since then I've been paying More than my low income in Rent, while my section 8 has been tied up at the housing authority!! a ... Read More

I have been renting the house I'm in for 2yrs. Started getting letter in the mail for the owner of the property. House goes into forclosure in July of 09 get ahold of owner she informs me that the house is not in forclousre and everything is ok. I come home from work with the notice of Auction on ... Read More

Landlord had an NOD filed in august -to my knowledge never cured it - never provided proof of it and harassed my daughter and sons- I owe him for October he filed for september which was paid in cash since he was working with me on late rent- How do I get my day in court? The eviction notice was ... Read More

I am permanently disabled and live on $840 mo. Social Security benefits. I was homeless for 9 months last year because of my credit after a divorce and not having a security deposit. I cannot live in Grass Valley, which is my home, because of the extremely exclusionary housing there. Their waiting ... Read More

I used to live at 299 Carmel Ave #49, Marina CA 93933. It the Central Coast. I've gave my landlord a 30 day notice before I move out and my date of moving out is October 7, 2009. I drop off the keys in the mail and move to San Jose. I called her 1 1/2 weeks later and ask how much am I going to get ... Read More

With only cursory notice three weeks ago, landlord has begun major remodeling of the entire fourplex containing our apartment. There are now no exterior walls or roof covering. There is no security or privacy. Beautiful deck was removed and all plants in garden have been cut down. There is ... Read More

I am choosing to write about the diverse challenges that central valley residents tend to encounter. I have rented in California for over 25 years. In that time, I have always encountered a loss of security deposits for many reasons, most fabricated lies by the owner/landlord. I have tried to ... Read More

Hi my name is cindy and i live in the san joaquin valley and my landlord didn't tell me and my daughter that he had 101 health code violations and after i gave him the money we where moving our stuff in the apt he told us that we couldn't move are stuff in the apt because code enforcement would ... Read More

Hello, I have lived in this home for 15 years. There are 3 units on this property. 2 have tenants including myself for 15 years. My sister,husband and niece loved upstairs for 6 years until the roof caved in from neglect from the Landlord. My elderly Mom up until very recently lived in the Senior ... Read More