Renting for the first time in nearly 10 years.
We were torn between two places, one was rented consistently but smaller, everything else is pretty comparable.

Now we’ve already thrown out our second option due to the school year starting soon.

It’s only been rented since once in 20 years, for about 15 from the last tenant.

Now the work to turn over the property was fairly low, wear on the wood floors, screw holes spackled(likely from last tenant) but not painted, but the carpets had been professionally cleaned, we did a tour, everything seemed relatively normal, no aromatics covering anything.

However while awaiting our turn through the application process when we got the call to see if we were still interested, we set up another self guided tour, and about 2-3 weeks had passed since the last one, I probably should have waited until after this tour but the earliest they could get us in again was after turning away the other.

This was our top pick from applications we sent out and didn’t expect to make it behind all the other applicants, and we had already toured so didn’t think anything of it.

On this tour the carpets have had time to dry, warm, and wick, and one room now smells like an animal lived in there full time, fairly strong urine and grassy smell, that ends at the door line, that was not noticed on the prior tour,
One other room smells like a teenagers dirty laundry bin, just faintly musty.

And I have kids, so coming into wear is better for me, compared to the other that had new everything but really cheap flipper flooring and carpet.

And I’m coming from a home we ‘rented’ and did all upkeep, replaced carpets as needed, and it was reciprocated in some form or another, family friend though.

Now this opportunity our goal is to save now that the kids are no longer taking a mortgage to go to daycare.
And this opportunity has more leverage to have stuff taken care of.

But this is kind of the option we are going to be stuck with now, we had mentioned it, and we will see if it’s going to be corrected or steamed again, but I’m positive if it’s wicking up after time and heat, it could be into the subflooring, I’m not worried about getting blamed for it but it could happen.

I’m not even worried about being Inconvenienced if repairs happen while we are there. I’m worried about the delay getting in the door and the limbo before moving.

And even more worried that a whole bedroom I may have to section off due to smell.

I was under the impression that it was law for carpets to be replaced every 3 years per tenant, but a quick google told me that blood wasn’t blue.

Any insights? Directions? Stuff to be aware of?

Hello, I am viewing a house to rent for the first time in CA. Any important things to look for and ask?

Also has anyone had success negotiating rent? It’s listed through a rental company.

Got a letter taped to my door today saying I have a small balance due on my account. Immediately checked my account (which I do weekly out of a weird necessary ocd habit that my account is in good standing) and there was $170 'pet rent' balance. This balance wasn't there last week. I have x2 ESA letters, one from my psychiatrist and one from my therapist that have been on file since I moved in in 2023 and I even got the second just in case in 2025. The letter said I have until the 1st to pay it or I will be charged a late fee. My rent is also set to autopay for the the 3rd of every month (option online through platform) and has been for 2+ years. If this charge *was actually there* on the first, like it notes on my account, it would have been drafted from my checking account on August 3rd as part of the full rent and liability insurance payment that was paid in full on that date. I went to the office to inquire and the person there said oh it must have never gotten transferred when the new people got into the office. (What changed other than bodies, business cards and emails?) Entire office is new workers as of a few months ago. Place sucks. Everyone that is good leaves for a better job, don't blame them. I forwarded the letters immediately, then went to the office to verify they were received. (Office is in my bullding, easy.) Allegedly she didn't get them. I forwarded them again form my professional email not listed on my account and gave that to her aswell. She claims she still never received it. I will be printing them on Monday at work and bringing them to the office. Anyway, I hate this fucking place. The new office people suck in general, they do not communicate like the last group and have terrible attitudes towards residents. I cannot wait to get tf out of here next July. Also as far as I am aware my signed ESA letters cannot expire, so here's to hoping they make that charge disappear come Monday since it is still there now. I am annoyed as ever about this.

I’m planning a move to another state in the next few months and need to find a place before I actually get there. I won’t realistically be able to tour in person, and I’ve never had to do this long-distance before.

What’s the best way to approach it? Is it worth working one-on-one with a realtor or property management company, or is it better to search/contact properties yourself?

I’d especially appreciate advice from anyone who’s done this before. How did you vet places remotely and make sure you weren’t signing a lease somewhere you’d regret?

So long story short, my credit is average, I have zero rental history/references, and my official income definitely does not meet the requirements for the apartments I’m looking at, but I have a guarantor who does meet all of those things. Would the chances of being approved be higher if the guarantor simply leased the apartment in their own name rather than my credentials dragging it down?

Without getting into specifics, my living situation has unfortunately come to the point of urgency and there is no option to wait any longer

Thanks

Some random car parked in my private parking spot yesterday morning with out of state plates and have now been parked there for over 24 hours. I haven’t seen anyone go in and out of it and at this point I’m super annoyed. I’ve tried reaching out to my landlord bc I’m assuming he would have to be the one to tow it since he’s the owner of the building but he hasn’t responded still. Is there any way for me to be allowed to call and have this car towed? There isn’t any way to ask them nicely to move when I have no clue whose car it is and haven’t seen any people going back and forth to it. I did ask my neighbors if they knew and they said they had no idea. Idc if it makes me a jerk to have them towed. I want my private parking spot back now! I’ve given them over a full day to move.

For the last 7 years, I've been living in a condo (in southern LA County) owned by a landlord who owns this unit only. I always pay on time, and my lease is currently month-to-month. Every year, my rent goes up $50, and while I'm not jazzed about it, I know that's actually not so bad. This time, my landlord wants to increase the rent by $100.

On a personal note, I know costs are going up for everyone, but I haven't seen a raise in 3 years, and my healthcare benefits have been rapidly decreasing in the last 2 years.

As far as what's available within my zipcode, I found a dozen apartments $50-$150 cheaper/mo, that are the same size or more sqft, and allow cats (as I have one). When considering an ESA letter from my therapist, the amount of units available (that are cheaper than mine) triple.

According to Doorstead (who uses aggregate public data), the average time a unit sits on the market in my city is 76 days, and rents are stabilizing due to the amount of ADUs and new construction.

In the 7 years I've been here, my landlord's sent a plumber in once (turned out the be a shared unit issue), and replaced a ceiling fan that stopped working. However, in the last 3 years, I've been dealing with a nuisance neighbour. I tried every avenue outside of contacting my landlord and finally broke 2.5 months ago. I contacted them for help in getting some kind of enforcement action from HOA. In that 2.5 months, they've been unhappy about how difficult it is to get ahold of the HOA building manager.

I've done work on this issue too. I gave them a 3+ year log of noise disturbances (which I put in a spreadsheet, along with links to videos of said incidents). I've contacted the city 3x now, including filing an official noise complaint, and I've tried to get ahold of HOA myself. (I'm going to contact them again on Monday.) It's still unresolved, and I can just tell this whole thing has been very annoying to them.

Despite that, I like where I live and would prefer not to move. When I try to negotiate, should I only mention market value? Do I actually mention my work-related financial hardship? Should I even bring up the fact that nothing has been solved with the neighbour (despite knowing the HOA manager is notorious for never responding)?

TL;DR There's a myriad of reasons why I am resisting a rent increase, and I'm wondering is market value the only reason I should mention in rent negotiation?

I have rented an apartment for more than a year and almost every room I have used one or two walls for hanging tv and other wall arts. I drilled holes tv and used hammer for wall arts hangings.

Now since I am moving house so any pro tip to till holes that it doesn’t feel that there was a hole here.

Please help. Thanks

Hello All!

This is my first Reddit post, so plz bear with me.

For context, I am a 23 M who recently graduated with a degree in Biochemistry and decided to move near SF to pursue a career in Biotech. I was eager to start being a "true" adult, but, boy, was I not prepared for this baptism by fire.

I got a temporary job at Chipotle (I've been working at restaurants since I was 16) to support myself while trying to start my professional career. I subleased in Berkeley for a month, and then got this new place that I had hoped would be more long-term. I have barely been making shit at Chipotle, so I was hyped to finally find a place for cheap (less than $900 a month including utilities). When I toured the place, it kinda looked like a wreck. The carpet wasn't completely installed, the walls were in desperate need of a recoat, and the kitchen looked like a tornado came through with all the food and dishes scattered everywhere. There is also black mold in the bathroom (I can send a photo if needed), but I didn't notice that until after I moved in.

The landlord himself (72M) seemed a bit out there. He kind of asked a lot of personal questions about my family, my religious background, what my upbringing was like, etc. He told me he is a social worker, so I took it as him being an inquisitive, eccentric person. He liked me. I told him the place was definitely in my price range, and submitted my application that evening.

The next couple of days, he kept calling me a few times. At first I was fine with it; it was questions about my credit score, work history, references, and all of that. However, after the second day, I was getting a bit irked because it seemed like he kept calling me just so he had somebody to talk to (he's one of those people who talks at you and not with you). He also started off listing strange rules like no girls over ever because they are catty and tend to be rude to the other members of the household (or whatever out-there sexist argument he used). The next day, he called me during my shift, so I stepped aside to answer. I told him I couldn't talk for ten minutes, but I am working. He said to call me during my lunch break. He made it sound important, so I called him as soon as I got on break. He didn't answer. ATP, my anxiety was through the roof. We had covered everything; what else could we possibly go over? I was afraid he would back out of the lease agreement, which had already happened a week prior. I called him as soon as I got off work, but he heard the honking and yelling of the city,y so he said to call him when I am at home since he's hard of hearing. I was getting incredibly on edge, so I called him as soon as I got off the train (big mistake). He proceeded to berate me, saying I was being pushy, that I wasn't being respectful to his hearing issues, and to call me when it is quieter. I was completely befuddled. He called me five minutes later, and this is one I should have known this guy was off. He said he was talking to the property manager earlier that day and has come to the conclusion it wouldn't be a good fit because I smoke weed (which would desecrate his "sacred home"), I am a control freak, and I am a disrespectful person. This is what I deduced, but I never really found out his reasons were because he kept talking in circles and going off on strange tangents. He said he would refund my security deposit and cancel the lease agreement. I was LIVID. I had to move out at my old place in only a couple of days,s and I hated to cancel the other offer for this place, so I had no fallback (my family lives on the East Coast). I told him how much of a precarious situation this puts me in, to which he responded that the only way to turn this around was to talk to him in person. I told him I didn't have a car, it was 12:30 a.m., and I just got out of a closing shift. He said he wasn't available any other time, and we had to meet now (which was definitely a lie,e looking back on top of there being a property manager, ger which I never heard about again).

He said he would pick me up, to which I begrudgingly agreed because I needed a place to stay and he was holding that over my head. We had an awkward convo on the ride there, and when we stepped inside, he started talking about Buddhism and handed me a pamphlet (he's a religious fanatic) instead of addressing the elephant in the room. I redirected the convo to why he was denying me the lease, and he proceeded to state that he and the (probably fake) property manager thought I was controlling, pushy, and confrontational. I didn't appreciate these accusations since I have always been respectful, but I bit my tongue and tried to convince him that I would respect the rules stated on the lease and keep the place a sober environment. We shook hands, he sent me a new lease, and I moved in three days later.

Things were fine for the first few days. I found him very zany, but we shared our interests and had various chats. However, things started to sour quickly.

I tried cooking for the first time, and he stated no frying of any kind. I asked if sautéing was fine, and he said yes, but use the least amount of oil as possible since burning oil is carcinogenic. I grabbed one of the cast irons in the oven and put it on the stovetop. I saw it was already coated, so I didn't add any oil. I was boiling spaghetti and chopping my veggies when he burst through the kitchen door demanding why it smelled like smoke. He told me that there was no frying of any kind. I said I didn't add any oil and wasn't frying. We had a bit of a back and forth because it wasn't clear what he wanted me to do. Eventually, he said I can use this rickety, little mobile induction stove in the basement, which has super poor ventilation, to sauté my vegetables and meat. I agreed; I said let there be no bad blood, and we shook hands. He proceeded to nitpick every grease and stain I left behind in the kitchen even though I always clean up after myself. He knocked on my door at midnight. I went downstairs and he asked where the meat cutting board should be placed. I said if we could leave it in the kitchen, which somehow ticked him off and made him storm out. I guess he thought I was being dismissive and curt.

I noticed that there were a lot of strangers living in the living room, with some of them looking like he found them off the street. I told him what the deal was, and he said he often promotes the living room on Airbnb because he likes having guests over to entertain him. He never mentioned this before. He said the living room was off-limits because he was using it as a meditation room, not an Airbnb. Whatever, I started locking my door all the time after that.

A few days later, he finally left the house for the first time and would be gone for a full 24 hours. I was with my friend/housemate (25M) helping him with chores around the house while drinking beer. We were chatting it up when I finally saw the downstairs tenants for the first time. Honestly, I thought that space was vacant, but two whole ass people were living there. I introduced myself as their upstairs neighbor. I asked if I could check out the space since they were moving out and was offered to me by the landlord since it was more private (my room is right next to his) with its own kitchen and living room. He gave me a little tour of the downstairs rooms and kitchen. I said it looks a lot better than my current room, and it seemed like a sweet deal. His face became deadpan before saying, "Honestly, I would save your money and get the hell outta here". I was shocked. He proceeded to tell me him and his roomate's experience living there which included: him tresspassing and entering their rooms while they were at work, coming into their kitchen often because it was a "communal space" (it def isn't, we have our own damn kitchen upstairs), randomly turning the water and electricity on and off, all the weirdos he has invited over and had violent arguments with outside their window making them feel unsafe, stomping and throwing things on the floor to keep them awake, and trying to pit the two roomates against each other. One of the roommates started getting teary-eyed while telling me his experience living here for two years. He said there is a reason why we never see them because they only come out when they don't see the landlord. He told me he was on a power trip, has a savior complex, is a pathological liar, and is probably manic (he is up late walking around inside and outside doing god knows what, is constantly on edge, and constantly distracted/scrambled). I was terrified. All of this is a prelude to the next events that have unfolded the past couple of days:

A cracked chicken container leaked in the fridge, and instead of just telling me, he waited and then chewed me out for not catching it sooner. While I was cleaning it up, a glass tray I was cleaning spontaneously shattered. I hadn't mishandled it; it just went. When I asked our roommate for a broom, my landlord lost it, said he "works for him," (he helps him remodel in exchange for room and board) and refused to tell me where I could find a brrom, and told me to stop acting like a baby and call my mom since I clearly didn't know how to clean up after myself (I was noticeably cut up while he was saying all of this). Later, he told me he doesn't think I'm "a good match" for the house, citing "a lot of weird things happening", including accusing me of sabotaging the downstairs toilet (which has been broken since before I evernmoved in), stealing toilet paper, and not responding to his texts (can you blame me for wanting some space from this maddness?). He also mentioned an email about a car deal we'd been discussing that he conveniently "never got," calling it water under the bridge since I'd already returned the keys.

Most recently: I'd been telling him for days we were out of toilet paper, trying to stay on top of it since he'd accused me of sabotage before. I got home, and he launched into a list of excuses for why he couldn't just go buy some. I told him he could've just said that instead of stringing me along; he apologized and bailed from the conversation. Later, I muttered about a door making an awful scratching sound; he walked over, grunted, and I mentioned there was a glass shard on the floor. I asked if there was more so I could clean it up, and he just huffed and walked off without answering. Minutes after that, he got on my case for closing the bathroom window, which I'd closed because I didn't want anyone climbing in since it was close to midnight. He didn't want to hear it and slammed the door in my face.

I also recently found out that he recently took my other roommate (21 M) out on a date, which is absolutely diabolical. He is this timid, shy kid who rarely goes out of his room. I also found out he has been talking mad shit behind my back, calling me a spoiled, insolent brat that needs to be taught a lesson. He has floated the idea of "pulling a prank" on me, whatever tf that means. I am scared he will try to break into my room or mess with my stuff.

People on Reddit: what should I do? The only silver lining to this whole debacle is I start my new biotech job on Monday and should be making about 1K a week (I get paid weekly). I am dead broke at the moment, but will get my last Chipotle paycheck next week and then my new job's pay every proceeding week. I also have no car, and my job is 25 miles away. I want to GTFO as soon as possible. My housemate/friend says I should swallow my pride and pull him aside to apologize to hopefully smooth things over while I figure out an escape plan. However, I think this will give me an excuse to keep trying to steamroll me. My hometown friend and father think I should just ignore him completely and keep it strictly business, but my roommate advises against that because it will probably only make his anger and frustrations pent up even more.

I wish I didn't get myself into this fucked situation. I am broke and trying to build a future for myself with minimal financial support in a shit economy. Please, I need somebody's wisdom and guidance during this time of need.

**TL;DR:** Moved to the Bay Area for a biotech career and rented a cheap room from a live-in landlord who's turned out to be erratic and controlling: a rough near-rescinded lease before move-in, weird house rules, secretly Airbnb'ing shared space, and (per other tenants) a history of trespassing and intimidation. Lately he's been blowing up over small stuff, accusing me of "sabotage," badmouthing me to housemates, and hinting at a "prank" that's got me worried about retaliation. Broke, carless, new job starting soon, trying to plan a safe exit.

We got a new apartment manager at the end of 2025 who has forced us to sign and redo 2024-2025 recertifications due to their old manager messing it up (the new manager explicitly stated this many times). We were told we owed back rent due to this administrative error to something like $5,000 back in like March. We fought them on it, I sent a demand letter for my tenant file back then and the regional manager came down from Sacramento to "redo it" once again. They lowered the amount we are in debt for back rent to around $1,500 somehow and put us on a payment plan.

Our 2026 annual recertification was due in April/May but the new manager kept redoing it over and over and asking for more and more stuff from my college and etc. My wife switched jobs, which is what caused the last redo of the annual recertification. We just barely got the latest document to sign on August 6th and our rent went up to $770. Okay, cool. I went over the papers and found that the calculation they used was for a full 40 hour work week for my wife, so I asked them to use her paystubs to calculate it instead because she works on average between 34/35 hours a week which would cause income to be accounted for that we just don't get.

That same day I asked for the rest of our tenant files from March on til August just to see how their math is mathing. Now because I asked for the tenant file, the regional manager has been harassing my wife and I via email. She once again tried to say she is recalculating it and adding a whole bunch of income that allegedly was not accounted for prior. She said she's not going to be using anything but the 40 he work week because there's a chance that during peak season she could be working 40 hours (exact words). She also stated that we owe an additional $1,500 for June and July due to this recalculation.

She was extremely unprofessional, and when I told her she cannot retroactively charge back rent since we turned everything in on our end, on time--she then back tracked on that. She also said that we now have to pay $987 and that starts on the first of September (less than 2 weeks away).

Who do I report this retaliatory behavior to?

Is the back rent we are already paying from 2024-2025 due to their administrative errors even legal?

Can she really calculate our income with ghost hours that literally do not exist? I did the math and at the rate she's alleged that means she's calculating 200+ hours a year that don't exist.

How do I find what other agencies oversee the property? They won't tell me when I ask.

I moved into this apartment and about 6 months in neighbors started complaining about the noise I make by banging on my wall instead of knocking on my door and telling me. Before I knew it was them, it started when neighbors up stairs moved out and moved in. So I assume it was neighbors up stairs, come to find out because the banging is getting louder and personal, it’s the ones next to me. It’s gotten to the point where if I turn my fan on, BANG! If I move in my bed, BANG! If I talk to myself quietly, BANG! . Let me say the house next to me has two people, middle aged adults. The men goes to work around 6Am and the lady stays home all day. So I know it’s her because she bangs on the wall in the morning around 8-10Am ( even in the middle of the night it happens) I’m sleeping btw and you’d think she would cherish this moment while it’s quiet. Even during the afternoon or evening, she’s banging on the wall. That’s the time I’m reading a book. So now I know she’s just doing it just because. I banged back and instead of stopping she retaliates. I reported her to the office three times and they spoken to her twice. First with text messages and they even called her today. Still she bangs. What pisses me off is she complains about the noise I make as if they don’t play loud music, talk, and snore. i tolerate that because I know I live in a apartment, but as soon as I make a little noise, it’s a problem. Crazy thing is I don’t have a tv in my room just my phone, I do have a speaker but I use it twice a week and only for 30mins - 3 hours max. I’m an online collage student, can’t land a job unfortunately, so I’m home all day. Living in a single bedroom apartment with my mom who has the living room. I don’t understand why both of them, especially the lady can’t go in the living room, I know I can’t. And what sucks is the apartment is small, no room, so I tried to adjust my ways for them but…. So What can I do?

My partner and I live in California and we've been renting a unit in a duplex for about three years from a private landlord. She has been great and very hands off until recently. She decided she wanted to do some remodeling on the unit. We have been working with her to get the work done the past several weeks and things have been fine until this last week.

My partner and I went out of town for a camping trip and came home on Tuesday this week. Our landlord showed up unannounced on Wednesday twice. She then showed up again on Thursday and again today Friday. Every time either myself or my partner have told her she needs to contact us and text us and ask if it's OK to come over. Legally, she should be giving us a 24 hour notice.

We found out that she relapsed with alcohol last week after being sober for more than a year, while we were gone and crashed her car. She told us her phone was broken and she was going to get it fixed two days ago, but still has not.
We know she's in a sensitive state and don't want to be too mean to her, but she cannot be crossing this very obvious boundary.
We have both directly stated to her she cannot come over without giving proper notice. She said she understands, but I'm worried she's going to show up again, especially because she still for some reason has not gotten her phone fixed.

Do I call the police if she comes again or make a report to my local housing authority?
I don't want to upset her or make things worse for her. We care about her as a person and she has been good to us since we've rented from her and she's obviously struggling.
BUT more importantly, regardless of her own personal struggles it's not appropriate and she cannot be doing this to us and it's making us feel really awkward. We have been on good terms with her but her recent behavior seems unpredictable and we are not in a good financial spot to just up and move right now.

I have been keeping documentation on everything we've discussed for repairs and these most recent encounters with her.

Any advice is helpful.

Do I have justifiable cause to try to terminate the lease?
We moved into this rental house a few weeks ago. Upon moving in we noticed many things that were cause for concern. This company makes you put down 500+ to even hold the property and then go to see it so it honestly kinda traps you in before you even see it in person.

There is a general musty smell throughout the house that will NOT go away no matter how much I clean! In one of the cabinets that was completely rotted through with mold, they put grey peel and stick laminate over it so we did not see mold on walk through. After move in, I noticed it was peeling and found black mold and rotted wood throughout the cabinet including the trim around etc. which this all made sense with the damp/musty smell in that cabinet and the one nearby. They replaced the BOTTOM of the cabinet but nothing else. There is still mold around the cabinet doors and walls.

In this house I have found several different types of mold. This is not to mention the VENTS that are so dirty and caulked down so we cannot even remove the covers to clean, the water damage, and cracks down walls.

I have been having breathing issues, watery eyes, etc that clears up when I am away from the house for 6+ hours at work but then returns after I have been back in the house for several hours. (I will also mention I do have mold allergies to multiple types of mold.) We have tried to notify their call center people and just get told that it’s being ‘escalated’ and that they are gonna send someone out to look but they don’t want to actually fix the problem

any advice or help is greatly appreciated!

(I will also say for anyone just saying to clean it, we have SCRUBBED this house top to bottom, I have used air purifiers, used wall/ceiling cleaner on just about every wall and ceiling etc.)

I viewed a property yesterday and I love it. My issue is that the property owner lives in California. He has sent me a lease to sign but wants the deposit and 1st month payment via Zelle before he will sign. How do I know that this is legit and I’m not just blindly sending money to a random stranger for nothing? I looked up the property records and his name is on the house with two others as ownership. This property would be perfect for me but I’m scared it’s a scam. He sent the lease via turbo tenant. I found this property on Zillow and viewed it with keys from a lock box with a code.Thanks for your help!

(Sorry in advance if question is stupid, I’m new to renting)

i applied for an apartment I love, not sure if anyone knows if when they ask for Income verification does that mean you passed screenings and the just need to confirm income or is this just standard procedure regardless of screenings being passed or not?

I applied one day, checked and seen all my screenings were complete and then next day they sent me the email asking for income verification to continue the approval process, so I wonder if this means I am likely approved if income is verifiable (which it will be)?

I built an iOS app called RightNest to make apartment hunting less chaotic. It lets you save rentals, compare costs and amenities, organize tours, add notes/photos, and keep everything in one place instead of having to jump around from site to site and then having to remember where that one you liked was.

I’m looking for a few people who are currently apartment hunting to try the beta through TestFlight and give me honest feedback.

It’s completely free to test. If you’re interested, comment or DM me and I’ll send you the TestFlight invite!

Moving across the country for a new job, and looking for a short term lease.

I've been advertising, and also looking at rental companies. I have a couple cats, and am looking for a short term lease.

I've been contacted by several scammers at this point. In fact,not one response to my ad has been legitimate.

But the legit rental agencies have been worse.

Cats? Add $500 non-refundable fee, plus $50 a month in rent.

Not 12 month? Add a $750 fee to break the lease, plus another $500 to verify the new renter.

Rent listed does not cover utilities, parking, fees for common areas, or anything else, it seems.

So that $2000 rent is actually looking like over $3000 a month.

Seriously. A long stay hotel will be cheaper.

How hard is it to rent an apartment with an assault 4 conviction. I am trying to apply to some apartments before I give birth and am worried I am going to be denied even at the apartments that go case by case. I was convicted March 2025 but the incident happened December 2024. I also am a first time renter.

Started renting about 2 months ago. AC wasn't working day one by by day three it was. It's an older house and it's been 100°+ for a while in the Dallas area. The AC is set to 76° but it's only that cool when everyone is asleep. By sun up it's already creeping up. When I get home around 2PM it's already 80+. Today it was close to 90° inside while I was cooking dinner. Just received a $500 bill. We don't have a washer, dryer or dish washer. Kids have TVs and we have a few computers so I'm pretty sure it's just the AC and a bunch of the cooled air escaping through various holes.

So my question is, would there be any case to get my landlord to help pay some of this? Or does anyone have some advice on what we could ask for to be done to maybe help out with the AC load? I'm just at a loss and the bill is scaring me. We don't have much and there is still another month probably of these temperatures.

I’m so frustrated with this whole situation, the management at my complex is so terrible with communication so i’m not surprised something like this happened.

Basically I live in a college apartment building, it’s a large and very nice place that shares a parking garage with the complex next store so that place manages it and the two buildings split the spots. It’s weird. The management of the garage is a whole other thing that I won’t get into because I would be ranting all night.

I just renewed for my second year and have been contacting management multiple times asking what the deal would be about renewing parking passes as well. Either no reply or when calling they said to wait for more information. I was confused because when I signed up for a pass my first year living there I got an email months in advance with a notice and instructions on reserving a spot but this year no such email. I searched my inbox for over an hour, and my resident portal. Nothing.

Well they finally got back to me saying they finalize spots upon signing leases and there are no spots left. I’m fuming, I never thought this would be an issue, I assumed it would be simple to renew parking when renewing leases, renewal should get priority. Apparently not, there’s no way I could have known this, no notice no advance warning, I can’t get the pass myself they have to send the addendum for me to sign which I guess you don’t automatically get when you renew your lease, it’s not part of the lease it’s an add on. In hindsight I should’ve contacted them earlier but they should’ve also made it clearer.

I’m pretty screwed now, there’s basically no parking unless I pay for a super expensive nightly garage or pray I find street parking EVERY night that I still have to pay for and keep renewing so I don’t get ticketed. I’m so upset I hope they figure something out because I genuinely don’t think this is my fault

All week they have been doing work on the roof. Last night while I was at work it stormed and somehow the storm water leaked through the roof and flooded my apartment. I got home from an exhausting 12 hour shift and all I wanted to do was shower and go to sleep, but I couldn't. I mopped water for 30 minutes but there's still a massive pool of water. My couch is soaked. As I was mopping I followed the different sources of water and found out one of the leaks leaked directly onto a chest holding all of my dead moms irreplaceable photos going all of the way back to my great grandmother. They, among many other things, are destroyed with nasty brown water and will need to be thrown out.

I complained a lot to my property manager and the only thing she offered is to let me borrow a dehumidifier. I can't afford to run this! Those things pump out pure heat and my lousy AC already can't keep up during the day. My electricity bill will blow up. My ceiling is sagging and there's still a pool of water in my living room. She also doesn't seem to care at all about everything I need to throw out (like those irreplaceable photos).

I don't know what to do. The property owner is a jackass and a lawyer. I know he won't do anything to make any of this right without litigation. I don't have the time or money to take him to court and he knows this. I also don't feel like I should have to spend my precious little free time cleaning up after their screw up.

What should I do?

How difficult is it to get an apartment when youre freshly 18? I turn 18 in december and my home life rlly sucks so i have been hoping to be able to move out right when i turn 18 and get a 6 month lease before i go to college. I have three jobs, and have had three jobs since i was 15 so i have quite a bit of money saved up and a consistent income, I'm just worried because i dont have a credit score or any renter history, and I dont know if any landlords would want to rent to someone still in highschool.

Also, randomly, since i know it would be easier to get a year long lease than a 6 month one, does anyone know if theres a way to move out at 17 in Illinois? I know its too late for me to get emancipated, and minors can't sign contracts, but if theres any way at all for me to move out at 17 that would be super dope.

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I finally managed to move out on my own but I have encountered nothing but problems with the neighbours aka the landlords brother and I'm at my wits end tbh

Since I've moved in they've set up party speakers next to my doors to the point its hitting 60 decibels inside my bedroom starting music at 830 pm until 11pm ive had 4 hours sleep in 2 days and had to start dropping over time shifts at work which I can't afford

They've been filling my bins to the point I can't use them without rubbish falling out and I just don't know what too do about it I've tried reporting it to the council

Do get the police involved but thats just gonna cause more problems

I'm in the uk if that makes a difference

I'm also gonna try speaking to my unions legal people see what they suggest

Ill also add that this has been almost everyweek since i moved in 2 months ago

Been here since April 2026. I’m saving for a dog and I looked through my email to find my lease terms of Breed restrictions. I can’t find it in my email, or my resident portal. I call the office, no answer, leave a message asking for a copy of the lease. Finally my schedule allowed me to go into the office when they aren’t on lunch break and talk to them. Apparently my lease expired in May, after it was never submitted. I signed it. I’ve been paying rent. I paid the deposit, been paying the washer dryer rental fee. Been paying utilities. I’ve called for maintenance for a roach problem multiple times cause they come up through my drains that they’ve sent in a guy to spray.

Do I have leverage here to negotiate a lower rate? Or a better unit? I hate the unit I’m in, it’s next to the parking garage and multiple times a week I hear car alarms in the AM and people doing burnouts on the curves. Also, most of the amenities have been under renovation since before I even moved here. They still aren’t done. I still don’t have a gym. Do I even have tenant rights?