against laws

you need to make it clear that it's against laws to keep the rent money for repairs unless landlord refuses to make the property inhabitable. you may also keep records of false maintenance calls and charge back to the tenant to make arrears even higher, not necessarily used for eviction notice, just showing him what he owes between you and him to prevent him from making false calls again.

you can deposit his check and just make sure that the check is good. in the meantime, you need to write back to re-enforce the lease agreement with the points above.

Keep tracking of overall balance owed. If it exceeds the limit that you can stand, file an eviction. Good luck.

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• Thank you, and do I need a lawyer? -sh@wenxuecity- ♀ (176 bytes) () 12/21/2012 postreply 08:46:42

• 回复：Thank you, and do I need a lawyer? -Slothehz002- ♂ (80 bytes) () 12/21/2012 postreply 12:50:07

• I had a similar situation before -Brooks- ♀ (351 bytes) () 12/21/2012 postreply 22:54:39

• Thank you! My agent suggest me the same way to deal with it -sh@wenxuecity- ♀ (587 bytes) () 12/22/2012 postreply 09:15:23

• Every time there is service request before you go, you need to s -Brooks- ♀ (251 bytes) () 12/22/2012 postreply 16:47:44

• 谢谢你的回答，你是说每一次我去修东西要事先好好跟他说，是这个意思吗？ -sh@wenxuecity- ♀ (846 bytes) () 12/22/2012 postreply 18:14:21