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What Stellar Tenant Screening Looks Like
Landlords need to screen all prospective tenants thoroughly and consistently. To do this, Landlords will need a plan. This starts with having a clear set of Tenant standards in place in order to demand only the highest from each new tenant. Along with keeping out bad...
How to File an Eviction Petition in Court
If you are a new Landlord, you may never have had the occasion to file an Eviction against a Tenant on a residential lease. However, you may find yourself in the middle of a complicated situation with a tenant, and now you are considering the possibility of having to...
Biggest Fears About Becoming a Landlord
Most people avoid risk. Like any business, Landlording involves a degree of risk. However, the risks of any business can be accounted for if you have a pretty good idea what you're getting into. If you don't then you have a learning to do first. Fortunately, we know...
If Your Tenant Sues for the Deposit
It's frustrating when a bad tenant serves you with a lawsuit. However, if any amount of the deposit was wrongfully withheld, even a bad tenant might have a valid claim against their landlord. If you are unsure how to avoid a deposit lawsuit or how to defend your self...
What Landlords Should Do When Tenants Breach
Telling your tenant to stop doing something might get them to do it, but it's not the best strategy. If the Landlord doesn't take steps to enforce a Lease, the Tenant will simply do what they please. Enforcement should come with a consistent and fair approach. To...
A Good Ledger Will Make You Money
Landlords sometimes fail to see the need for a well-maintained ledger. They also fail to collect all fees owed in the most efficient manner. This happens either because they are unsure how to collect or unsure to enforce their own lease. Today's video will show you...
April 18th, 2023
Landlords are sometimes guilty of treating their business like a hobby. In this way, they fail to keep a watchful eye on the many ways that money is being lost, wasted, or simply ignored. For a business to prosper, the businessperson must be vigilant with the company...
Do This if a Tenant Always Pays Late
Some Landlords experience a tremendous amount of anxiety as the beginning of the month approaches. While this should be the best time of the Landlording process - the collection of rent, it ends of being a stressful exercise of chasing down a tenant who just isn't...
Can an AI Website Draft a Lease Like an Attorney?
If you've never had to send a Notice to Vacate, the whole thing might seem, at first, like a piece of cake, but I can assure you that it's the kind of thing that ruins Eviction lawsuits on a daily basis. To get it right, a Landlord needs to follow Chapter 24 of the...
Can an AI Website Draft a Lease Like an Attorney?
Technology is making all sorts of things better. Everywhere we look we see smart phones, smart cars, and smart homes. Now artificial intelligence is available to all of us in an interesting and exciting new product, ChatGPT4. If you haven't seen it yet, I urge you...
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