Recent content by alexander468

Based on the context, ESA, emotional support animal, was most likely the intended acronym.

Your understanding is deeply flawed. https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_90.390 You are not an absolute dictator just because you own real estate. You are a member of a society. This society has laws. Your Property Management Company is obeying those laws. You do have leeway. You have the...

I wrote "good housing" when I meant "habitable housing." My view is that an ethical homeowner would recognize the humanity of their tenants and the mutual benefit derived from living in a place with laws, so an ethical homeowner would alter their building to meet the minimum standards of...

Minimum standards of fitness for human habitation in my state are available to all from the state website. That's where I have found information about my requests/demands. Requirements for handrails and guards or balusters are in section 410.520. Other requirements for stairways are in section...

Thanks for taking the time to reply. This would apply to the riser, so I'll try to check it out for my city. Do minimum habitability codes also vary greatly from municipality to municipality? I thought that might the case, but I was hoping for a different answer. Yes. The stairs would be...

What is the name of your state? Massachusetts I share an apartment, rented out by the room, in an old triple-decker. The landlords bought it in August and began renting it out in September. I wish they'd make repairs to meet minimum habitability standards without prodding from tenants, but they...

The returns haven't been filed yet which is part of the reason why I'm here looking for advice. What sort of details would you be looking for and how would they impact your strategy? The first three estimated tax payments were made for 2014 in mid-April, June, and September. There was no...

Could you direct me to the section of the IRM that deals with this authority?

I was going to write that it seemed unlikely you were correct because it doesn't make sense that the CP81 notice would have been sent in May 2018 if his final deadline had been April 15, 2018. But what you wrote was essentially correct. His records show an Application for Extension of Time To...

What is the name of your state? Massachusetts I'm filing tax returns for the estate of a deceased relative who owned a small sole proprietorship with no employees. He overpaid estimated tax for 2014 by several thousand dollars but did not file a 2014 return (to have it refunded or applied to...

I hope you reread what I wrote. My point was that a deduction from rent is not a reduction of rent. For some reason, you keep conflating the two. Your rent hasn't changed. You get what you pay for here. Further edit: If the lease says, "All payments due from Tenant to Landlord under the terms...

I suspect that you're worrying too much. A mutual agreement to deduct repair costs from rent doesn't seem like an alteration in rent due, so there has been no "amendment, alteration, addition, or change" to the lease. You're just reducing the number of transactions back and forth as a matter of...

The landlord may be worried about the AC system breaking down or needing maintenance too often. They could be spying on you, but they could also be checking how often your AC is on by looking at whether the fan is spinning in the compressor outside if that is easily visible to them, and then...

Quincy deserves and has my gratitude for taking the time to state and clarify an honest and consistent opinion about legal matters.

OK. You are writing without a source "My understanding is that average rent increased in Cambridge in 2021 by x+0.1%" because my lease had an automated increase of x%. Got it. That's funny, witty, and entertaining.