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CA I live in an older bldg in San Fernando valley and pay $1400 for a 2-bedroom apt where I've lived in the same apt for 25 yrs. I'm considering taking in someone to help costs and wonder what happens or not happens. Naturally I'll ask the manager but I thought I should read thru the basic...

CA We are a 10-unit apt bldg, all happy, except for new caretaker cleaned stairs and everything once. That was almost two years ago. Laundry room is filthy, garbage in corners, washer-dryers dirty (I've cleaned them several times), there are cobwebs in hallways and flies, bugs in corners and...

CA I recently funded my book thru xxx and raised $2000 for my book. I said I would pay three people from the funds for their functions. There was someone who created illustrations, a formatting person for the book and a person who did the color front and back. These were what I would call "Work...

CA -- I have an older apt, with those 50's stylel window blinds and one side fell out and I took the other side off. The fallen window screws fell out just out of age. Oddly I rarely use that window. I have mentioned it to the caretaker a few times, then put it on paper twice in February 2016...

CA I'm about to fund thru crowdfunding my travel book. It consists of 20 separate stories I wrote while traveling through U.S. and Canada for the last 40 yrs. I decided to get a sketch artist to put a separate sketch at the beginning of 13 stories, of which each represents that story. So - I...

I finally got my loud neighbor below me quiet. Thanks for all of you who helped and encouraged me. Over a period of a year, I kept a calendar with every time the neighbor (a DJ who plays in bars) would play too loud, even at 2am. That and your info plus my calling LAPD to see what I can do, the...

CA I live in a 10 apt unit, 2 stories. I am 68 yrs old in a 2nd story now for 25 years with no problems. The bldg is mixed, mostly younger but all friendly. Except for a 30-ish man moved underneath me. He is very loud and when I asked him to lower his music/tv etc. he said he doesn't have to...

CA I have received two phone calls and correspondence that say I owe a tax lien to something called Federal Taxing Authority. Anyways, they say this: "Notice of wage garnishment and lien investigation". However they are willing to accept $825.40 for the tax lien of $8254.00. They say "a tax...

CA I'm writing a collection of short stories based on my travelling. It was sort of inspired by actress Mary Lou Henner who has remarkable memory and talks about it on radio, TV and anywhere else. I wanted to use her name in my introduction as to how it gave me my particular memory of road...

California I have had a tenant who lives under me who plays loud music. Last spring the mgt told him to lower it to a reasonable level. He did, over last year to now he's raising it again. He also has professional DJ equipment as he plays that at bars or something. Yesterday my bldg mgr...

CA I stored a 35mm feature film I made and stored it at a former friend's house. We had an argument on another subject and he now is angry at me and does not answer any emails nor phone calls. How can I get my film back. I don't want to go to his house as he might toss the film out or damage it...

CA I am considering taking an employer to small claims court. Since employer didn't have much money (I was paid employer about 10% of the total work), I said I would wait till the project was done (a short film). Since then employer didn't answer any emails. I'm giving employer an even better...

CA I am writing a screenplay for a producer who raised money on Kickstarter. He asked for $6k and got $12k, which is good. The funds were specifically for my writing, I practically had to beg for half and he doesn't want to pay anymore. But when I looked at his kickstarter site, he indicates...

CA/Canada Note: I am in USA and movie was made in Canada 1980. I made a movie in Canada in 1980 called Ghost Keeper. It played and was gone but in 2005 got a fan base and a new DVD "Aniversary" special. All is good. Then I wrote a sequel Ghostkeeper 2 and hope to film in Nov/14. Today I...

CA I have lived in an apt in Sherman Oaks for 23 yrs and it appears that the bldg might be sold when present owner passes away. I checked the Landlord/Tenant act and being a senior I qualify for a substantial pay-off if that happens. However someone told me that if I am month-to-month I don't...