Archive for August, 2010
Stop worrying about whether your security deposit will be returned at lease end. No need to feel powerless, subject to the whim of king landlord. Here are some great tips and pieces of knowledge to help YOU take control, and take back what is rightfully yours.
If you are unsure of whether you are responsible for the slight damages -You’re Probably Not! Here’s one that might surprise you: you are not responsible for repairing worn, reasonably dirty or slightly spotted carpet. Also, not responsible for dents in wall from where the doorknob might bump into the wall. More on that too – this link will guide you on what you are responsible for as a tenant: www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/chart-29017.html
We’re proud to announce the release of version 0.9.1. Along with various bug fixes comes full Internet Explorer support in this release. We now officially support IE7 and up, Firefox 3 and up, as well as Safari and Chrome 4 and up. If anyone experiences any issues with the layout or functionality in any of the supported browsers, please, by all means, let us know! We are devoted to ensuring that support is rock solid on these platforms and need your help in doing so.
Other mentions in this release include, the ability to update the day of the month rent is due, full support for emailing all tenants of a unit, queued email processing to ensure full delivery for mass emails, a new login on the homepage, and a few other fixes and tweaks.
The beta period has been going great for us so far and we’re looking forward to the next round of beta testers. If you have already added your email address to our beta list, please keep an eye out in the coming weeks for another invite round. And, as always, if you have any questions, please just let us know. We absolutely love feedback.
Home ownership is the pinnacle of the American Dream. Our current housing crisis illustrates the societal and institutional failure of protecting individuals trying to obtain this goal. Homeowners facing financial difficulty are frequently unable to negotiate with their mortgage servicers, and often times must file for bankruptcy in a desperate last attempt of maintaining their home. Due to mortgage servicing and the “slicing and dicing” of mortgages, homeowners often have no idea who actually owns and services their mortgage. Recent decisions in Nevada and New York, where federal judges declined to accept mortgage lenders’ proofs of claim, indicate an approaching tipping point. Several judges no longer embrace a lenient view when dealing with mortgage lenders and servicers. One Judge’s comment regarding the ongoing issues with mortgage holders and servicers filing inadequate proofs of claim sums up the issue quite nicely: “Is it too much to ask a consumer mortgage lender to provide the debtor with a clear and unambiguous explanation of the debtor’s default prior to foreclosing on the debtor’s house?”
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