absolutely not!!! Unless you have a court order and police escort. If you do (or did) the tenants can bring criminal charges against you. If they report a theft or break-in and they find out you've even thought or asked this, the finger will go to you and they have proof. You can't erase this message. Quite possible they could sue (all your tenants could because you didn't specify whom or where) just for the inquiry for invasion of privacy.
You can usually tell by the upkeep of the apartment building. As far as your landlord's character try talking to some of the other tenants.
That's called subleasing, and it's frowned upon by the landlord, whose intentions in renting out the apartment is that he rents it to his lawful tenants, not to sub-tenants. You can be evicted if you break this rule on the lease.
This varies from landlord to landlord. If you are staying in full fledged apartment, the insurance will be taken care of by the apartment owner itself. otherwise if you staying in independant house, we have take care of insurance cover for strom damage, flooding.
The landlord is typically required to give a tenant no-less than 48 hours notice prior to showing the apartment. A tenant also has the obligation to make the premises available to the landlord, after reasonable notice given, so that he/she may show the apartment.
Yes, a landlord can prohibit dogs even if other tenants have dogs. The 'other tenants have dogs' has no relevance in this case, it is a separate contract and is not discriminatory against dog owners.
You should consult with the landlord/leasing company to see what is offered to prospective tenants and what is required from vacating tenants at each property.
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You can contact you local town codes office and file a complaint against the landlord for non compliance.
It is the decision of the owner of the property whether he wants to create a smoke free environment for the tenants. It is very difficult for any landlord to be able to enforce a rule against smoking in one's own apartment. As a tenant you have the right to make your own apartment smoke free.
The rent of an apartment can be raised as often and as high as the landlord feels like. All he has to do, is give prior notice to the tenants.
The landlord is evicting the tenants for failing to pay rent.
Yes. That's the short answer, but it's usually a condition of your lease.