Robert Griswold
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Tenant displaced from unit fights for compensationDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. Our son is renting a condo in an area where it gets very hot in the summer. Two weeks ago, he came home from work to find his air conditioning unit was not working. I...
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Owners upset when condo association cuts fountainDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. For the past seven years we have owned a condo on a golf course that we rent out to supplement our income. It is an older community built in the early 1970s, but stil...
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Apartment residents are entitled to secure mailboxesNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. I live in a 500-unit apartment community comprised of nearly 20 buildings. My problem is that mailboxes to the individual units are not secure. The mailboxes are cent...
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Landlord too lax on noise enforcementOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have a question about noise. I live on the ground floor of a four-story "luxury" apartment community. We have a "quiet hours" clause written in all of our leases th...
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Steps landlord should take to obtain unpaid rentOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Our tenant broke our one-year lease after six months. He has written me a letter claiming he is not responsible for the remaining six months of rent because he had to...
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Gain spouse, lose low rent? Rules on adding new tenant to leaseOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have lived by myself in an apartment for the last 12 years. I am planning to get married in the fall and I am in the middle of a 12-month lease where I am the only ...
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Massive tenant trouble begs question: evict or sell?Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I am the owner of a single-family residence and seem to have rented to the worst tenants. They have been complainers from Day 1. The husband is a contractor, and in t...
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Landlord and tenant disputes often center around security depositAug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I recently vacated my apartment and am in a dispute with the resident manager about the proper charges for cleaning and repairs. We had a three-bedroom unit, and I li...
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Landlords can take steps to minimize disruptive tenantsAug 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I manage a very large rental property and while the majority of our residents are great, we do have occasional "problem tenants" who makes life miserable for everyone...
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Tenant grief soars after debut of assigned parkingJul 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I live in a 39-unit apartment complex where parking is becoming a real problem. Our building is older and was built with only a single parking space for each unit. Un...