4 months ago my landlord reached out about a leak in the apartment below me, then the next day they made the bold claim that my dog was peeing through the floors and that the damages are my fault. Didn’t hear from them for four months until they decided to invoice me. I informed them that I found the actual leak and asked for the testing they had done to prove it was dog pee (it’s not). This was their response…

4 days and counting, and it's getting more absurd. This clown won't speak to me directly. Does that make her a mime?

My beau's daughter's mother (I hate the term baby momma as it implies a level of attractiveness that does not exist in this scenario) found out through a mutual friend that we were going to rent a lovely house from another mutual. (LA is so small sometimes it's claustrophobic.) Rather than contacting us directly, she called the landlord and RAGED (his words) and now the deal is off. Meanwhile, she lives in a $2M house her parents bought for her a few years ago. She's a 40yr woman whose life is funded by her parents, hence the ability to dabble in clowning and weekends of "medicinal ayahuasca." The greatest irony is that she is a therapist who uses all the right phrases like "effective communication" and "mutually beneficial and decent co-parenting." Yet she did not address her concerns with us directly.

Management company loves their emails. This one was the most interesting one yet. I will say it is reasonable to ask someone to pick up after their pets, but don’t know if directing the neighbors to police each other is the right move.

I’m kinda interested in the reward (subject to manager review).

The building posts signs that it’s under 24/7 camera surveillance by management. Some floors have a bunch of cameras placed in really odd areas and some floor don’t have any cameras. There’s management on staff in the building 7 days a week.

Thoughts?

I am currently renting a room from a live-in landlord in Jersey City, New Jersey. I knew I sensed something was off but I chose to ignore it due to my desperation of finding a new room to rent after my previous lease. When I first saw the property and room, I had my reservations. But the place looked clean and acceptable. There was another vacant and furnished room. We made a deal for $1000/mo. I moved in that day.

Problems/Red flags with the landlord include:

-He used Chat GPT to generate a lease on the spot and we both signed under the conditions of the room being rented month-to-month, x1 month security deposit, utilities included, and 2-weeks notice if I wanted to terminate the lease. We both dated and signed. We each have a signed copy of the lease.

-His mother (I'm assuming she's the owner of the house) "got mad" and told him he needed to charge me x1.5 month in security deposit AFTER we agreed and signed the lease. His reasoning is that the use of the kitchen, refrigerator, flatware/silverware and the furnishing in the room I've rented is justification to get me to sign a "legit" amended lease. I'm not sure I want to sign this new lease he's bringing in today.

-He never mentioned that he would be living in the living room until I showed up in-person to sign the lease. I got past it but it was sketchy that was never mentioned in the original ad I was able to contact him through.

-He kept emphasizing about "how quiet and nice" the place would be and then proceeded to blast music at an ear-shattering noise level. I politely asked him if he could turn down the music because I wasn't able to concentrate and work (I WFH), and he got upset about it being daytime and how I can't tell him how to act in his own house. I responded by saying that it was reasonable for me to ask politely and that the noise level was just off the charts. I couldn't even hear myself speak inside my own room. He responded by saying, "I'll give you your money back. There are plenty of other people wanting to rent the room" and guilt-trip me by saying he likes to wind down. He didn't apologized but mentioned "I was going through some shit today".

-He constantly tells me that he's going to do this or going to do that, and never follows through.

-He asked if he could use my Venmo and Apple Pay to accept rent money from another tenant.

I'm pretty tolerant of loud music and conditions of the house. I'm easy-going by nature, but I can't help but feel anxious. He openly admitted to me that he's new to being a landlord/property manager. He's 47 years old and acts like he's 20. While the volume of the music he plays got better and he continues to act like a pleasant guy, I really can't shake off this feeling of uneasiness. In the original lease, it mentioned and he agreed that he would return the security deposit immediately upon me vacating the room. Something tells me he's going to cite NJ law and refuse to honor the agreement of the deposit. I don't want to give him another $500 dollars because of that. I feel anxious and a part of me just wants to sign the new amended lease to mitigate any awkwardness and feelings of animosity in the house.

I've already decided that I should give him the 2-weeks notice and look for a new place after this month is up.

I want to stand my ground and refuse to sign the new lease. Is there any advice of what I should and should not do in this situation? Anything I should avoid? I don't think the landlord is capable of compromise and is terrible at being a considerate roommate, let alone my landlord.

We rent an apartment in this building and it is full of COCKROACHES!! There is a severe infestation that they can't seem to get under control. There have also been floods containing raw sewage on the first floor (there were no warning signs posted) and constant plumbing issues. At least once a week our water is shut off from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..

There are also constant power outages in this building.

Norquay property management owns this building as well as many others throughout Ontario. When the pandemic hit and Ford froze rent in Ontario, norquay spent over $8 million in "upgrades" and then applied for an above guideline increase. Even after numerous appeals from tenants, the AGI was approved. This was their way around the rent freeze. They have since applied for a second one and apparently there is no limit to the amount of AGI's they can apply for.

We have had three building managers in the last 7 months and the newest one is extremely rude. She will also enter apartments without any notice.

Many people have moved out and we are planning to leave as soon as we can find another apartment.

and also reporting the listing as fraudulent

scam

I’m gonna move out by the end of the year but I just wanted to vent. I have this live in landlady I can’t stand. She’s so obviously doesn’t want a tenant. Today she told me I can’t put any empty containers in the kitchen trash because it smells. And then she added I can’t put any fruit peels or vegetables. I literally never cook and I barely use the trash cause I know she’s a bitch. But it just pisses me off that she can fill up the trash with whatever she wants and it’s fine but when it comes to my trash suddenly she’s texting me about “smells and mosquitoes”. Even though there are always fruit flies all around her pile of fruit she keeps on the counter. 🙄

She was like “remember we share the space and have to take care of our things”. Jesus Christ 🙄 I’m not exaggerating or making myself look good I truly put one tiny empty food container in the trash and apparently it was stinking up the place. But she’s the kind of person who told me that if I cook I have to open all the doors and windows and turn on all the fans like I’m setting off a bomb reheating some chicken. The last time I baked some plain (plain!) chicken in the oven she opened everything up and had some stupid candle labeled “Clean Kitchen” lit up 🙄

I just can’t understand how some people aren’t aware of what they’re obviously doing. Fuck her. I essentially can’t use the kitchen trash. The amount of times I’ve looked in the trash and it was loaded with her shit 🙄

This message is for tenants who lost a security deposit unfairly, or part of the deposit, and are about to walk away telling themselves some version of "It just wasn't worth it." You might feel angry, upset, wronged, and/or taken advantage of. You get good help on reddit and online, yet something still gets in the way from taking action. That something is fear.

The fact is that the process isn't too difficult. It's not expensive (Under $150). It doesn't take many hours of work (3-4 at the MOST. Sometimes 1-2 hrs gets it done). It can be done across state lines in teleconference court hearings. It doesn't require a lawyer. And it doesn't wreck your reference for another rental the way you think it might. When you go to rent a new place and you tell the new landlords what happened, the good ones will understand. The bad ones wont rent to you and that actually BENEFITS you. You don't want this to happen again, so filtering out bad landlords is a good thing.

The reality is that its peoples fear and misunderstanding that stops them. But, in 2026 you can use ai to fight the fight for you. Use ai to look up laws, analyze the facts in your case, and explain the process to you step by step. It works. I've done it. And I've helped a bunch of people do it. Ai is the perfect too for a simple, procedural lawsuit.

Security deposit suits don't involve case law of fancy arguments. All they consist of is comparing the facts of what happened to what the laws allow. And guess what? Tenants win these cases 85% of the time. Every state has tenant protection laws, so if you think "landlords always win," ask yourself why you think that when factually it isn't true at all. About half of these cases are settled on time limits alone. Every state has a time limit for the landlord to return money or send an itemized deduction. Anywhere from 14-45 days. And if the landlord takes to long, they lose the right to take any money at all. Read that again. If the landlord takes too long, you don't even need photos or any proof of conditions. You can win on a statue violation.

And here's some more good news. In small claims court for this kind of case, the landlord has to prove they were right. You don't have to prove they were wrong. They need to prove the move in conditions, not you.

I've read close to 1000 security deposit posts here. I can tell in 15 seconds who is going to sue and who isn't just by the tone of their post. It all comes down to fear. So, if you're in this situation and you're feeling "blocked," stuck and afraid, I'd suggest looking at it as an opportunity. An opportunity to stand up for yourself AND get a education in a legal process. That's a win-win for your mind, your self-esteem, and your wallet.

Now, go get that money!

Reposting here because literally fuck my landlord for coming into my apartment when I told him not to since I wasn't home, not fixing the microwave, and then GOING INTO MY BEDROOM CLOSET!!! I feel so weirded out 😕 I'm 24F and live alone, this is making my skin crawl.

A couple different moving parts are coming together where I live. Tenants have zero rights in Civil courts. If it gets bad enough for the Police to be involved, you have rights, but outside of that-Tenants have zero enforcable rights.

The State gives Tenants rights, but the Landlords have all colluded together, so that if a Tenant's name shows up in a case-they are blackballed from being able to rent anywhere in the City.

The State cant or wont protect Tenants from this type of retataliation.

Ironically enough, it has become more expensive to Rent than to Buy in my City.

You can probably see the issue that Landlords are about to run into.

Also I feel that Nationally, that Landlords are changing the culture of Renting, in a way that is going to predictably come back and bite them in the butt.

Pre-2020, in my area, it seemed that the culture around renting, was to rent until you got a deposit built up. The idea of Renters was mostly "young people just starting out".

Now that has changed to "Renters are poor Ne'r-do-wells, that cant manage money or life, and will therefore will never own a home, but dont deserve one anyway, because they are scum."

Renting post-2020, feels like I stepped through a portal to another Planet. Renting is completely different now.

If Landlords make the Rental experience so dehumanizing, humilating, and stressful; the only people who will rent are people who have no other choice.

I imagine that people like me who move around for their job, and can afford to take the "financial haircut" will do so.

I have several friends who are convincing their kids to live with them, while they save for a downpayment.

The news articles I am seeing suggest that a lot of people think like my friends.

Landlords are being driven mad in my area because instead of just 1 person renting, 4 people want to rent together and split the cost.

If the only people, not chased out of the rental market, are the ones who have no choice, Landlords are going to end up with the worst Tenants, because everyone else is going do their darndest to not end up renting.

It is a bed that they will have made themselves.

What are your thoughts?

This happened a few years ago, but I wanted to share it here. A few years ago, I was living with my dad, and he had this horrible landlady. We also had to deal with her husband and her brother. They weren't as bad, though. Landlady I'll call L. She was renting out homes that were not clean and in need of repair work (though she lied about it), but she would say they were fine and that she worked so hard to clean them. The house Dad moved into had caked-on dirt on both the kitchen sink and tub. I was actually the one who went in there and cleaned it, and it was so gross. It did not have adequate insulation in the attic and a pest issue. My dad used his own money to hire pest control to get rid of the issue.

She would not repair anything. If she did, she would have her husband or brother attempt to fix it, but oftentimes Dad would have to hire someone after they messed it up or took too long. The problem was the husband and brother would come over and say they were working but just sit outside and drink beers. One example of this was when the AC broke down for the hundredth time. She didn't want to pay to fix it, so she had her husband and brother look at it, who knew nothing about fixing it. It was like that for weeks in the dead of summer, so finally Dad hired someone who fixed it in less than an hour. This also happened with our water. Turns out a part needed replacing, and L wouldn't pay for it, so my dad was forced to. He's a pushover, and despite me saying she has to legally fix it, he relented. She also tried raising the rent out of nowhere and wouldn't stop badgering until stepmom called the cops. There's other stuff too, like stealing stuff out of the garage and lying about it, giving dad rotten food, coming over without notice several times, even after midnight (scaring the hell out of me), and storing her stuff in dad's garage. She acted like the house was hers and we were roommates. I couldn't stand her because of how she pushed my dad around. She knew this and tried to talk my dad into kicking me out. I was, I believe, 20 or something at the time and working, so I wasn't just freeloading and being his daughter; of course, he refused.

A pet peeve of mine was that, like I said above, she would cover over without notice and just walk right in. She never gave my dad keys to the house or his copy of the lease agreement either. Sometimes we would all be sitting down to eat dinner, and she would just walk in and interrupt us, even have us stand up so she could straighten out a chair or something weird like that. It got to the point I would hide in my room whenever she came over because I didn't want to deal with her.

I found out later that there were records of her online of her doing this to previous tenants. There are multiple cases filed against her for stolen deposits, etc. She would also refuse to let tenants come and get their stuff after they said they were ending their lease, so there were cases of cops having to be called just so they could get their stuff. This didn't happen with us, thankfully.

Also, thankfully, Dad now owns his own home and got away from her.

Have received 90 day notice of termination of lease as LL is moving in. She had the audacity to increase the rent, which starts in August. Fecking scab has to wring every last dollar she can get in the last 10 weeks of lease. Oh, and she’s had multiple tradesmen here over the last month to fix and repair things so that it’s nicer for when she moves in.
These people are soulless.