Learning to be a Good Tenant: 5
When you want to be a good tenant, it is highly important that you follow all of the rules outlined in your lease. If you can only have a certain number of people living in your apartment, comply with that. Do not sneak in pets if there is a no pet clause in [...]
Learning to be a Good Tenant: 4
Naturally, when you are renting a house or an apartment, you want things to work the way they are supposed to work. And, ideally, you want your landlord to take care of any repairs as quickly as possible.
Well, you have to take some responsibility for that yourself. For starters, your landlord cannot read [...]
Learning to be a Good Tenant: 3
The first thing you need to do to be a good tenant involves your rent. It should go without saying that you always need to pay your rent when it is due. You can even pay it before it is officially due. Your landlord will appreciate this, because he or she likely [...]
Learning to be a Good Tenant: 2
There are more benefits than you might imagine to being a great tenant. For one thing — and this is especially important if you like where you live — it will make your landlord more likely to want to renew your lease, often without a surprise increase in the rent you currently pay. [...]
Learning to be a Good Tenant: 1
When you move into a rental, whether it is a house or an apartment, it can be a new and sometimes difficult situation. You have to get used to your landlords. And, of course, your landlords have to get used to you.
If you have ever rented before, then you know a simple fact: [...]
The Lease — Broken Down: 5
We touched just a little on what happens when a tenant is not ready to end their lease, but let’s go ahead and dive right into there. We all know that if you have a tenant that is a little bit tricky and they are not the greatest tenant in the world, it can be [...]
The Lease — Broken Down: 4
Now that you understand everything that needs to go into a lease and you understand exactly what a lease is and why it is important, it is now time for us to talk about ending a lease. Now, if you are a landlord, you can actually end a rental lease early, you just have to [...]
The Lease — Broken Down: 3
Now that you know what you are responsible for as a landlord, let’s dive right into exactly what should be in the lease. Well, you always want to make sure that you include the rental fee, how long the lease is going to last, how the tenant can renew the lease and you should make [...]
The Lease — Broken Down: 2
Whenever you are dealing with a lease agreement, you always want to make sure that if you do not have a real estate agent involved that you have a lawyer involved. That way, the lease is actually binding and if you enter into an agreement with your tenant, nothing will come back to bite you.
There [...]
The Lease — Broken Down: 1
In this particular blog we have talked a heck of a lot about leases and what you, as a landlord need to do in order to find the ideal tenant. Well, in the next few blogs, we are going to talk about leases in detail and why you need them … as well as exactly [...]