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: 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 your [...]

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 [...]

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: 3

You know how the old saying goes: do unto others as you would have done unto you — or something like that. Archaic languages are not my forte. Anyway, the point is, that as a landlord you have to be kind if you want kind tenants in turn. Treating them like they are somehow beneath [...]

Strengthening the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants: 2

Landlords, you need to make wise choices when it comes to picking your tenants. If you have bad tenants, then things are going to be bad from the word go. A screening process can help you. Check their credit, their criminal history, and make sure you get references from both former landlords and employers. Talking [...]

Strengthening the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants: 1

The relationship between landlords and tenants can be an intricate one. The tenants have to pay the landlords for a place to live, and thus may feel like they do not have any upper hand, but landlords in some way depend on their tenants for the rent money. Things can get tricky if you aren’t [...]

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