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Do THIS if Your Tenant Refuses to Let You in
How many times has your tenant refused to let you through the door? How frustrating! What does your lease say about your right to enter? Does state law allow a landlord to come into the property to inspect? What is a landlord supposed to do if they really need to get...
How Pro Landlords Manage Residential Rent Property
Property management is a little more complicated than it might seem to be at first. Most new landlords simply do not anticipate the most common conflicts that pop up: late payments, repairs, pet violations, etc. However, you don't need to experience each of these...
Landlord Guilt & why many new landlords fail
This week, I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Jennifer Salisbury on her podcast, My Life as a Landlord. Check it out at https://www.mylifeasalandlord.com/episodes. This was Episode 76, and she and I discussed the setbacks landlords face when they are new to the game....
How well do Landlords know their own leases
The lease is the most fundamental written instrument between the landlord and the tenant, but many landlords have little to no working knowledge of the lease that they use year in and year out. By not understanding, or by misunderstanding a lease, a landlord can get...
What Landlords need to know to get Notices right
Landlords simply do not send enough notices to their tenants, and when they do finally send their notices, too often the notice is defective. Landlords would find it much easier to manage their tenants if they only knew how to properly deliver effective notices. You...
How to deal with Tenants damaging rental property
Some landlords worry that their tenants might destroy their property, especially when a landlord is forced to file an eviction to get a tenant out. However, most damage happens even with rent-paying tenants, in the small problems that go on for months without repair....
What Landlords must know about Section 8 Housing
Just like most elements of Landlording, leasing property to Section 8 Tenants isn't as routine as it might seem at first. Yes, you can get a steady stream of pretty reliable income, but, NO, it's not a hands-free sort of transaction. In fact, Section 8 housing...
Here is how to get rent on-time every time
If tenants are failing to pay rent on time or at all, part of the problem can be fixed with simple solutions. Landlords should look for ways to make rent payment more conveninent and should eliminate barriers that prevent on-time payment. The strategies in...
Lost Time = Lost Money For Residential Landlords
Unfortunately, too many landlords learn too late that they spent way too much time with a problem tenant, and with each passing day, more and more money was lost in the process. However, Landlords who are meticulous with their time and precise with their planning tend...
Need a Squatter Hunter to Get a Rent House Back?
"Squatters have rights?" Yes, it's true. More and more landlords, all across the country, are finding that squatters are sneaking into vacant rental property and taking over. The laws in our country are not set up to protect landlords from this kind of theft, so...
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