frenchtoast
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Arizona
I have a friend Maria, from Eastern Europe moving to Arizona very soon. She is poor but speaks great English. She needs to understand Arizona renting laws. She will have to rent rooms in other people's houses for the time being. Please keep that in mind.
Maria hasn't arrived in America and already she is getting strange emails and phone calls from her new landlady. We think that the landlady thinks my friend is an ignorant Eastern European girl. Maria has a college business degree and has been to the US before but never to live here. We think her new landlady is probably harmless but a flake.
For example: She wants Maria to bring her prescription drugs like some people do when leaving Mexico. The landlady knows Maria is living in France and coming straight from Paris, France. The landlady though told my friend that she thought that she could just ask the French pharmacists and tell them it was for herself and then they would give her whatever she wanted. Mexico and France are very different places legally speaking. And yes, the landlady has been to France before and speaks some French. This why we think she's a little bit crazy for thinking this would work. My friend told her it was impossible under French law.
What should my friend look out for as a first time renter? Tell me everything basic that you would want any first time renter to know.
Tell us about the first walk through.
When is it legal to enter a renter's room?
What to look for in the rental agreement.
Rules about giving proper notice. (I think she plans to be a month to month tenant though with this landlady.)
Thanks, FrenchtoastWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I have a friend Maria, from Eastern Europe moving to Arizona very soon. She is poor but speaks great English. She needs to understand Arizona renting laws. She will have to rent rooms in other people's houses for the time being. Please keep that in mind.
Maria hasn't arrived in America and already she is getting strange emails and phone calls from her new landlady. We think that the landlady thinks my friend is an ignorant Eastern European girl. Maria has a college business degree and has been to the US before but never to live here. We think her new landlady is probably harmless but a flake.
For example: She wants Maria to bring her prescription drugs like some people do when leaving Mexico. The landlady knows Maria is living in France and coming straight from Paris, France. The landlady though told my friend that she thought that she could just ask the French pharmacists and tell them it was for herself and then they would give her whatever she wanted. Mexico and France are very different places legally speaking. And yes, the landlady has been to France before and speaks some French. This why we think she's a little bit crazy for thinking this would work. My friend told her it was impossible under French law.
What should my friend look out for as a first time renter? Tell me everything basic that you would want any first time renter to know.
Tell us about the first walk through.
When is it legal to enter a renter's room?
What to look for in the rental agreement.
Rules about giving proper notice. (I think she plans to be a month to month tenant though with this landlady.)
Thanks, FrenchtoastWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?