Most rental owners are on a tight budget, especially when it comes to marketing. Times are hard and many landlords feel like they don’t have a lot of money to invest on advertising and marketing. The irony is, not marketing your business will have
Fred and Joe want to share an apartment. They fill out a rental application. Everything seems all right, and you rent to them. Both of them sign the rental agreement. Two months later you get a check from Fred for half the rent, but nothing from Joe. Fred says Joe doesn’t have
When people find money, it is usually in small increments like a jar of change or that lost $20 in an old pair of jeans. Following below are ideas on finding $10,000 this year on your property. Some of these ideas can produce $10,000 by themselves. Some may
The number one source of resident/landlord disputes is the disposition of the resident’s security deposit. Many of these potential problems can be resolved with proper procedures even before the resident takes possession of the rental by using
Probably two of the most asked questions when returning security deposits is: “Can I charge my tenants for carpet cleaning and painting?” and “Must I pay interest on my security deposit?” This article will address
A couple months ago, I wrote an article about the new smoke detector law which generated a bit of confusion among landlords due to the fact that the original law (SB 1394) was amended by SB 745 shortly before my article was published. This article
Americais becoming a giantDetroit… our government’s current fiscal policy is destroying our nation. Everyone in the financial media was focused on who will replace
Showing Up Everybody wants something but it doesn’t always happen, and that was how I spent the last two years of high school. I wanted to go to Europe with my (chaperoned) youth group the summer before my senior year. I baby-sat and tutored and saved every dime I could, but my trip to Europe…
Question 1: We have notified the tenants in our duplex that we will not be renewing their one year lease. The end of their lease is February 28. The tenant called yesterday and said she had been very busy with work and had not had the time to do
Question One: Recently, I had a tenant vacate a unit and he left several items. I presumed that these items were abandoned so I put them in storage and after two weeks, I disposed of them. I have now received a letter from this tenant demanding his belongings or he will sue me for their…