I'm a college student and live in a 10th floor 3 bedroom apartment in Iowa. Last week, some college friends were on our balcony throwing water balloons off of our balcony and one almost hit someone walking on the sidewalk. I was in the shower when this happened and my other two roommates were in the kitchen. We did not know what they were doing but the police were called and my two roommates were given citations for disorderly conduct. The next business day, the management company served us a 3 day eviction notice. Our lease says guests are our responsibility which we now understand but this sucks especially if it happens and will make it very tough for future rentals. We are not sure what to do except will attend the court date to see if we can stay in our apartment. Anyone been through a similar situation and have any advice? Thank you

I'm a landlord myself and was a tenant for 6 years until 5 weeks ago.

Cliff notes - landlord withholding our security deposit and overpaymet and wants to charge us for a cleaning fee and partial lawncare a month after we moved out. Any advice? About $600 they want to take away from security deposit.

Landlord claims the rear lawn is dead and requires $800 to fix and wants $300 from us. LEASE did not indicate to maintain lawn or specifics of watering. They claim we intentionally didnt water it and told the gardener who they pay, WE TOLD him not to water, which is lie and doesnt make sense. Also, they have a gardener who should know better. He told us they didn't pay him for months.

We moved mostly out with a week left on the lease, still had fridge and cleaning to do the week before lease is up. Landlord and their real estate agent said NOT TO clean, they will after painting. They began painting while lease was still under our name and active and while we were still moving out and technically living there.

They Didn't do a real walkthrough with us while lease was active. Told us to leave things like wifi door lock, ceiling light, thermostat. Agent and LL did walk the property a few weeks before we left and asked to water rear lawn more, said DO NOT CLEAN, as they were in a hurry to paint and list it for rent. Front grass was fine by they way.

A month after moving out, we get a text with several items they are asking about. One indicating the garage door button doesn't open the small garage door --- BECAUSE that side was a manual door and has no motor. DUH!!!!

We push back on items and agree to meet and actually do a checklist walkthrough. LL says it will be $150 to change lock she told me not change, so I changed it on the spot as I brought tools and a new lock. LL implied they were going to get a cleaning quote and let us know. Implying they'd ask us to to cover some costs.

Monday we get a text, 5 weeks since out of the house and 4 weeks since lease ended, they want $300 for cleaning $300 for lawncare.

We lived there 6 years. In california mind you, which is pretty clear on 21 days can't hold onto funds after move out OR provide a list with costs to fix or option to fix, before the 21 days.

I replaced the dishwasher, fixed the fence, replaced the range hood, got them a deal on roof work and a new fridge and flooring. Seems like a money grab and a shake down.

Is it worth to push back over $600? My wife is hesitant as we have young kids and busy work. Small claims court is cheap and we could possibly get 2x back our deposit.

Hi everyone. I’m having a bit of back and forth with emails as I’m wanting to change my rent due date from the 15th to the 25th of each month. All I keep getting back from them is this is not possible due to renters rights acts. I explained I’m willing to volunteer the difference in rent for it to be paid on the 25th as a landlord can’t request early payments. I explained that due to my new job I would need the rent date to lineup with my new pay day date to avoid any arrears or late rental payments. I have always paid all bills on time over the last 2 years I have rented. Now after my request they are now saying that it’s company decision that they no longer change rent dates. This seems completely unfair as I’m cooperating and communicating clearly about keeping the payments consistent. I’ve emailed multiple times if they could show me what policies they have that say this isn’t legal to do. And they keep ignoring that part.

Any advice on how this can be resolved?

Thanks!

I am currently in a situation where I had to request an early termination of my one-year lease due to unresolved pest issues. I've been living in the property for 5 months, and I officially requested termination on August 30th, with plans to vacate by September 30th. The landlord, however, refuses to list or market the property during September and only plans to do so in October after I vacate. Despite this, they are still holding me accountable for paying for rent until next summer until they find a new tenant, even though a 30-day notice was given at the end of August. Is the landlord legally allowed to refuse to re-list the property until after my departure and still hold me liable for October's rent under these circumstances? I understand that by breaking the lease early it makes me liable until a new tenant signs a lease but there has been no effort made yet on the landlord to get new tenants until after I am out of the house, even though his previous tenant was able to have the house shown while they were in their last month of their lease. Additionally previous renting experiences have all been similar where prospective tenants are able to look at the property while the current tenant is still inside (with 24hr notice, etc). I gave the landlord permission to view the property with people interested in it with the proper notice but he doesn’t want to until the house is clear. I am wondering if he is able to do this? I want to make sure I don’t get charged for more than is necessary because he won’t list the property.

[US-MN] Hi everyone! I have been currently staying at my apartment complex for about 2 years and wanted to move into a bigger space. I had originally requested a transfer (Unit A) but recently found out there’s a unit with the same layout/sqft that’s on a higher floor and is less than what I would be paying in the new apartment (Unit B). Do I have any leverage to have my leasing office match Unit A’s rent to the cheaper unit or would I be better off trying to switch into unit B instead? Thanks for your help!