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 your lease. [...]

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 has some bills [...]

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. Your landlord [...]

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: there [...]

Rental News, Landlords Are Becoming More Rental-Friendly In 2010: 1

In this day and age, I can tell you for sure that people are looking not to buy but to rent … this is extremely good news for homeowners that have turned themselves into landlords in order to beat the recession and to get some extra cash via renting their house out. One trend in [...]

Landlord Repairs: 3

Paper trail – check, reporting the problem, check … now what happens if your landlord does absolutely nothing to repair your apartment?  Well, that is when you are about to become a bug.  One of the first things that you need to realize is that your landlord probably has multiple jobs – so if the [...]

Landlord Repairs: 2

Now that we have talked a little bit about the paper trail, let’s go ahead and talk about exactly how you should call in a repair to your landlord.  When you are calling in a repair, you need to think about the actual time and importance of the repair that is needed. For example, if [...]

Landlord Repairs: 1

When you are renting, it is very important that you make sure that you keep up not only a good working relationship with your landlord but that you feel comfortable enough to report any problems that you might be having. In the next few blogs, we are going to go through some of the steps [...]

Strengthening the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants: 4

As a landlord, you cannot let your tenants walk all over you; please do not take that message from these posts. You can be nice and kind without being a total pushover. Professionalism is key. It allows you to be kind and fair but firm as well. After all, this is your property, your home, [...]

Becoming A Landlord: 4

Now that you have your screening process in place, the next step is making sure that you come up with a binding contract.  This is something that you will want to get your lawyer involved with, as you want to make sure that everything is on the up and up between you and the tenant.  [...]

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