Breaking Your Lease When You Can No Longer Afford the Rent

Breaking your lease seems like the best option when you lost your job, laid off, or suffer other financial hardship. However, before you break your lease, review your lease agreement. How and when you terminate your lease will usually have more long-term consequences than why you are terminating your lease

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California Contractor Warranty Form

In California, contractor warranty forms include various implied and express warranties depending on the work being done. There is no mandatory form for these warranties, and the law will create an implied warranty even if the contractor doesn’t provide one. Learn all about California construction law here.

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Renter’s Rights: Withholding Rent & Repair and Deduct

Getting a landlord to make necessary repairs can sometimes be a frustrating experience. For problems that are not the tenant’s fault, a landlord can generally be expected to make those repairs, and if they don’t, the tenant may have the right to either withhold rent until the repairs are made, or make the repairs and deduct the cost from rent.

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Plumbing Problems after Home Purchase

Generally, when you purchase a home, you are on the hook for all future repairs. However, exceptions do apply. Do determine the liability, if any at all, of the seller for plumbing problem, for example, courts will look to the purchase agreement for the home, the nature of the problem, whether you had a home inspection, and any specific misrepresentations by the seller.

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Texas Eviction

Texas landlords cannot evict tenants without following Texas law. This means that removing doors or windows in an effort to force tenants to move is not okay

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