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There doesn't need to be more than that. Obnoxious neighbors escalate things, and they see a lack of confrontational response as a sign of weakness - it's typical bully behavior. When I lived in an apartment with a postage stamp lawn, I had a neighbor who escalated to threatening me with...

That really stinks - I hate hearing about this stuff - some people are just jerks. This sort of stuff is one of the reasons why I report things to the police instead of trying to work things out with landlords/neighbors/etc. Having a paper trail is a really good thing. The silver...

I'm sorry, but this is simply not true. If you're renting a property from someone, they don't have full property rights anymore. You are renting those rights. Landlords are only allowed on property they have rented out in the case of emergencies, to do regular maintenance, or to do inspections...

I just wanted to point out that while madicakes post here is generally fantastic, federal tenancy laws are very loose, and it's very much a state-to-state thing. You need to find your own state's tenancy laws and see what they actually say. Typically, when the lease runs out and the landlord...

I wouldn't do this. You can't just withhold rent for whatever you want - there are specific things codified that can be dealt with by withholding rent - generally things that make the place unlivable. If you withhold rent for this, you're giving him legal grounds to evict you - and giving him...

I haven't lived in Michigan, so you have to check your actual tenant/landlord code. But in most states, the landlord can't tell you that you can have pets and then take that away - the laws about this are usually very clear. The landlord also can't blackmail you into it (which is what "give me...