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US(Florida) - Can I post publicly against the grift from my landlord [closed]
So I am getting grifted by my landlord, he is trying to charge me for applicances(Dishwasher/Refrigerator) replace/repair cost which according to contract should come from him(Pic posted). I used to ...
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Are unreasonable late fees prosecuted as usury?
As I understand the term usury: it is the action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
Are unreasonable late fees prosecuted as usury? Is there mother term?
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Can you sue for emotional distress in FL over an erroneous eviction notice?
Lets say Jane is late on paying her rent by a few days (Due on the 1st, Grace period til the 4th, Paid on the 7th). Several days after paying, she receives a physical notice on the door demanding ...
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Early Termination of Non Residential Florida Lease: Security Deposit
A tenant enters into a 24 month non residential office lease, pays for months 1 though 5 and unilaterally indicates to move out in early month 7. The tenants move out at approximately 7.5 months. ...
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Reliance on verbal statement
Tenant Bob is in a commercial lease and indicates he will break the agreement and move out in December. The landlord does not agree to terminate the lease, however, documents the verbal intent to ...
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Non-Residential Security Deposit Laws (Commercial Lease)
GOAL
The goal is to review relevant statute to ensure that the law has not changed since the publication of the citation provided below.
DEFINITIONS
In order to protect housing renters, there are many ...
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What specific legal statement might one request to include in a 12 month rental contract so that the rental contract terminates upon renter's death?
If someone wanted to sign a 12 month rental contract and, being over 70 and single, wanted that contract to terminate upon death of the renter so the landlord would not have right to claim payment ...
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Can a rental car company require you to forfeit your right to fight a fine?
While driving a rental car recently (rented and driven in Florida), I rubbed a traffic camera the wrong way and received a fine.
I was only told about the fine in a letter weeks after returning the ...
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Florida Home Renting - Can my lease forbid repairing my vehicle?
I received a letter by my landlord today stating that I have 7 days to vacate or remedy the situation - the situation being that I replaced the alternator I suppose in my car the other day?
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Can my landlord refuse to renew our lease due to downsizing of purchased lots?
Some background information first: I'm a father of three, and I've been running a store with my wife in the same shopping center in southern Florida for 20 years now. Around 13 years ago, we moved ...
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Does a landlord have to rent to someone even if it makes the other tenants uncomfortable?
Let's say I rent a 3 bedroom house in Florida to 3 women from a university in their 20's. Then one moves out and a 40 year old male applicant applies for the vacancy with great numbers on paper. I ...
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AND Logic: recovery of rental property
CONTEXT
A tenant in Florida passes away. Based on this attorney's evaluation
In this instance, Florida law prevents a landlord from recovering
possession of the rental unit except when the last ...
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Can a landlord return to live in his property together with an overholding tenant?
If the landlord has a month to month lease with a tenant and the the landlord decided to terminate the lease, but the tenant ignores and overstays.
Does the landlord has a right to enter the property ...
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Odd utility billing in Florida by property management companies
Here in Florida there's been a migration in the way tenants of apartments are billed water, trash, sewer, and pest control. It used to be that the local municipality billed the tenant directly for ...
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End of lease - carpet cleaning almost 3x the 'minimum' amount in my lease
We recently moved out of a home that we were leasing for 12 months. When moving out, we called to ask how much carpet cleaning would be so we could determine if we wanted to hire our own company or ...
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