Q: Our family recently applied for a two-bedroom flat. Seeing that we have a teenage boy and girl, the landlord told my husband and me that the place was too small for us, since the kids would each need a bedroom. We can't afford a three-bedroom place, and the second bedroom was plenty big for two beds. Can he legally turn us away for this reason? --Helen H.  more...

Question: I own an investment property in Phoenix, Ariz., and since summer 2005 I have been using a local management company. The first year and a half they had the property rented, but the rental home has been vacant for the last four months.  more...