I was renting a property for ten years in Sunrise, Florida. The last 2- 3yrs I didn\’t have a signed lease. During that same period of time they took advantage of that by raising my rent, but even after that I still never signed a new lease. Recently I moved out of the property due to financial constraints, but according to my research before moving if a tenant doesn;t have a signed least in the state of Florida the tenant is basically on \”month to month\” The manager is now threatening to send me to collections. Does she have any legal grounds without a signed lease since 2006? Can she report me to a collection agency in an attempt to ruin my credit? If not how can I make sure she doesn\’t ?

Hello, In Duval County Fl.
On Oct 13th. I looked at a room for rent month to month in a ladies house.
We agreed on $475. per mo. for myself and my fiance.
On Oct. 14th. my fiance sent her $200. via Paypal to go towards rent as she was letting me move in before making the full payment. (my fiance was coming on the weekend)
Oct. 15th I moved more things in.
Oct. 16th I told her this afternoon I would finish moving in after work and give her $200. more.
Shortly after (maybe an hour) my fiance said we could’nt move in. He said there were to many sexual preditors nearby. I then told the lady this in our online chat communication.
I went to her house and picked up all my things, she left them in her porch.
Are we entitled to our $200. back? Nothing was signed, I was naive to what could happen if I come home late.
Thank you for you time and expertise. 🙂

landlord/tenant
i have a month to month lease and was just given a 15 dy termination notice. my landlord had first, last AND security.and my lease says he must give me thirty days notice. which supercedes? the statute or the lease?

Can a landlord put a “governor” on the thermostat? Our landlord put a regulator on the thermostat and we cannot turn the airconditioner down past a certain temperature. The airconditioning unit was replaced this past February and have had problems with it. The unit has froze up and shut down in hot weather. The vents have water droplets that collect and drop onto people or the floor. We have complained to the landlord about the unit breaking down, she calls the people who have installed it and blames us for the unit breaking. We have told her about the water, and the now mold from the water. We do not have a lease, the landlord wanted to go month to month after a year. My sister is afraid she will evict us if we cause to many waves.