My apartment was recently burglarized, The culprit broke my door where the lock meets. Now my door does not lock. I filed a police report; however, my landlord says that I have to pay to have the door lock repaired. This is in Washington DC, and I have a valid one-year lease. Nothing on the...

We allowed someone to occupy a room in our house without paying first or making any deposit with a verbal agreement she'll move when we found a long time tenant. She promised to give the first month rent on the 15th of the first month then to pay each month on the 1st until we rent the house. She...

My new tenant signed a lease, paid a security deposit, but never made her fist month's rent. She had some ridiculous excuses, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt. It has been a week since the start of her lease. She has not taken possession of the unit. Can I cancel the lease and keep the...

Hello: My husband and I rent a unit to a person who stops paying us two months ago. Since we live in West coast and the property we own is in New York, it takes us long time to evict her, but finally it is in process of eviction with our friend's help. (We gave our friend our power of attorney...