Renting with Others
Learn to avoid disputes among roommates or with the landlord. When two or more people sign the same rental agreement or lease — or enter into the same oral rental agreement — they are cotenants and share the same legal rights and responsibilities. However, there’s a special twist. One cotenant’s negative behavior — not paying […]
Eviction Procedures
Below are some guidelines for evicting a person in Chicago. Most of this Document assumes that the rental unit is covered by the Residential Ordinance. Under this Document the Chicago Residential Landlord Ordinance, Chicago Municipal Code Title 5 Chapter 12 is referred to as the RLTO. You can obtain a copy of this Ordinance on […]
Tenants Can Remove Trade Fixtures at the End of Their Lease
Tenants can remove fixtures at end of a commercial lease if it is the tenant’s personal property. When I was in law school my law professors preached that once a fixture becomes attached to the real estate it stays on the property. So, if you sold a house with a crystal chandelier, you could not […]