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Your renter's insurance may not like the no-subrogation clause. And the wording on 12 makes me more convinced he took this from a retail/commercial lease.
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PhysicsFrenzy posted:I'm glad they removed the 'you're responsible for repairs' bit, but they never said they were or that you could deduct that sort of thing from rent. Any second opinions? No self-respecting landlord is going to put a clause in the lease saying the resident can do their own repairs and deduct it from rent. State law may have provisions that allow such a thing under certain circumstances, however, but they are normally very narrowly crafted, and only to be used when the landlord refuses to do certain repairs relating to health and safety.
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As you see from the various responses, it depends on the landlord. My company does a set amount over the market rate, and folks on month to month get increases only when the market rent has increased by a certain amount, typically not more than twice a year.
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Oct 29, 2016 13:58
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I've only ever heard of CAM fees for shopping centers and the like, never for multifamily residential. Utilities billed per occupant/bedroom/square foot falls under what is called RUBS which is Ratio Utility Billing System. Every state has different laws concerning it and whether or not it's legal. I have no idea about legality in California, just that it's a legitimate way to assign utility charges where legal. As with a lot of these questions, the first place you need to start is your lease. If it is included in the lease somewhere, then maybe contact a renter's rights group and see if they can tell you if it's legal or not. Personally, as a landlord, it sounds like bullshit to me, but that doesn't necessarily means it's illegal. Your landlord may just be a dick.
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Oct 31, 2016 19:28
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I can't say the landlord handled it well either. If I get a bill from an occupied unit, the procedure is to pay it (it's our name on the bill, after all), immediately invoice the resident for same amount, and give them 72 hours to switch it over. We can extend that deadline when they respond if needed. But it sounds like the landlord got one or more bills, paid them, then realized oh poo poo we shouldn't be paying this and had service turned off. Which is a dick move by the landlord, especially at this time of year.
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Dec 9, 2016 20:42
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Our units don't have gas, just electric. We have a revert to owner agreement with the power co to just put it in our name whenever someone shuts off service, since we need power to turn the unit and also maintain the climate inside.
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Dec 9, 2016 21:00
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Ancillary income (basically all income that's not rent) became a hot area of multifamily finance during the recession when rents got stagnant (or even declining). The trendy way to increase revenue was by adding on new fees.
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Dec 15, 2016 18:19
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Ordinarily I'd say order the part, but with Christmas coming up, if it won't be here by then I'd spend the extra money for the local part. Not having a dishwasher if they have folks coming over the holidays would really suck.
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Dec 20, 2016 13:43
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Yeah if you caused the damage, do right and pay for it, but since they returned the deposit, I'm not sure what their recourse would be, especially if you have the settlement statement that came with the refund of deposit. That was a really long sentence.
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Feb 1, 2017 15:08
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Problem! posted:I just had an apartment complex pull a bait and switch on me. They told me the specific unit I wanted was available so I put in an application and paid the $175 holding fee for it, then when I went to finish the paperwork they were like "oh btw the unit you wanted isn't actually available we can put you in a second floor unit instead". No I wanted the first floor unit for several specific reasons. What are my odds of getting the $175 back? Or should I just eat it as a lesson learned about the shadiness of the management of that complex? Check the paperwork and make sure that's that the $175 was actually for. If so, fight.
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Feb 6, 2017 18:22
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Problem! posted:Does the 24 hour notice for landlords apply to just the house or house and yard? Our landlord has been digging around our foundation in our fenced backyard giving us no notice. We didn't see him till his truck was pulling out of the driveway so we didn't get a chance to ask wtf but I want to figure out how irate I should be when I contact the property manager. We're in NE. It would be polite to notify you, but typically when we think of notice it's to actually go into the dwelling.
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Mar 22, 2017 17:34
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Absolutely standard. You and your roommate have an agreement to each pay half? Not the landlord's problem. Get a written agreement with your roomie to that effect if you're worried about it so you can sue him if you have to.
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Mar 28, 2017 18:53
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photomikey posted:The office chair aficionados get a hard on for the Ikea Markus: I'm sitting in a Markus now. It took some getting used to because the seat depth seems short or something. The first couple days I wasn't convinced I'd like it. I've gotten used to it, but it's not cushy or anything. On the other hand, I don't have any pain from long days sitting in it, so it has that going for it.
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Sep 19, 2017 14:53
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The straight cold ones work fine. Not as pleasant as heated water, but easier to install because you have cold water supply at the toilet. You'll quickly get used to a jet of cold water hitting you square in the butt.
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Apr 16, 2018 18:56
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MNSNTZR posted:I can't Google this because I have no idea how to phrase the question, so I'm sorry for what's probably a really easy solution to get. Might just have a bad stem on the hot water side, or it's got one of those pressure balancing valves that's gone wonky. Either way, you maintenance man should look at it and fix it.
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Jun 5, 2018 19:48
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I have Amazon basics sheets and I manage to go to sleep every night without fail.
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Jun 27, 2018 20:38
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Blackchamber posted:Am I not also paying for the 'quiet enjoyment' of a home I'm paying for? Why does he have more rights than me and should be allowed to disregard the apartment complex rules everyone else has to follow? A lot of places will have quiet hours, 10pm to 6am or something, where you're not supposed to do things like laundry or have loudish music or whatever. And this is why. If your community has it, then ask them to enforce it. If not, you're boned.
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Oct 17, 2018 21:02
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Just put down a layer of all-natural straw on the subfloor and call it a day.
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May 22, 2019 20:09
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RabbitMage posted:So, good news: new maintenance guy came out, looked at it, and said due to the way they built the apartments that's just a thing that happens, it happens in other apartments, and can't/won't be fixed. So sometimes we're just going to end up with our bathroom soaked and be unable to use our only toilet. File a fair housing complaint. Get paid, move somewhere that doesn't suck.
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Jul 25, 2019 14:42
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I think it would be unusual for you to be responsible for that unless it’s spelled out in the contract. Absent that, he’s the only one with a legal responsibility to the condo board.
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Sep 11, 2019 00:29
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I'm surprised the Better Business Bureau still exists. The whole thing is a racket. They're just a club that charges businesses a fee so they can display their stickers. If they get a complaint, they send it to the business. All the business has to do is respond, it doesn't matter how, and the BBB marks it as resolved. That people still care about the BB in the modern age of online reviews, yelp, and whatnot baffles me.
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Jul 15, 2021 16:44
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Erwin posted:Yelp is also a racket in a similar way. I agree I just feel like it would have completely supplanted the BBB by now
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Jul 15, 2021 17:02
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It was zero due to the low discount rate for several years in Virginia then they just eliminated the interest requirement altogether a few years back.
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That will generally be impossible with any sort of corporate management company. On site staff will not typically be empowered to cut deals with individual applicants. Doing so could also raise fair housing questions. Additionally, prices these days are often set by computer in those sorts of places. You could potentially get a mom and pop type landlord to negotiate with you, but they’re not typically the ones owning luxury apartment communities. You may be able to find an individual condo for lease and counter offering on the rent wouldn’t be a surprising thing.
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