8 Reasons the Best Landlords Always E-Sign Rental Agreements
Make the switch to electronic signatures and reap the many benefits—like a faster, smoother lease-signing process and easy access to signed documents (just to name a few).
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How to Handle an Untimely Tenant Death as a Landlord
Death is not something any of us likes to think about. Unfortunately, though, none of us are going to get out of here alive. I know this is not the…
Excerpts From Our Best Lease Clauses
We’ve inherited a lot of leases over the years when taking over the management of properties from stressed out Do-It-Yourselfers and competitors. Most of them were…OK…but a surprising number had…
What are Your House Rules?
As landlords, we have a set of house rules that go with our rental properties. They are an addendum to our lease and we sit with every new and approved…
17 Vital “Rules” Your Rental Lease Should Cover
As a landlord, my lease is perhaps the most important document I use. It is the legal agreement between me and my tenant. An attachment to that lease, and therefore…
Reduce Your Risk, Use An Estoppel Agreement (Free Form Included)
Buying an investment property always means calculating the expected return and evaluating the potential risk. Running the numbers is one way we investors calculate our expected return and attempt to…
Should I Ban Smoking In My Rental Properties?
I am thinking of adding a “no smoking” clause to my lease. Do not get me wrong, I am not trying to be a nanny and say you should not…
Never (Ever!) Offer a Distressed Seller This…
The flyer I left on Jack’s door that day explained I was a real estate investor. I could buy his house, pay cash and close quickly. Unimaginative, I know, but…
How to Get a Co-Signer to Make Your Lease Worth a Lot More
All landlords hate vacancies, but they should never compromise their revenue stream at the chance of renting to tenants with marginal, or not existent, credit history. I would rather have…
A Must Use Form for Every Landlord: Release to the Rights of Possession
The “Release to the Rights of Possession” form is one of the most important forms that a landlord can use. It is a must use for every landlord. It helps…
Landlords: How to Deal with a Negligent Property Manager
I have to admit that the words Property Manager cause my heart to skip a beat or two. Since the beginning of time, the landlord/property manager relationship has been one…
Landlord’s Guide to Security Deposit Best Practices
The issue of security deposits tends to be one of the classic “he said – she said” battles included in the ongoing dynamic of tenant-landlord relationships. From the tenants perspective no…
Finding Fair Market Rents & Vacancy Rates: Boots, Clipboards, And REAL Research
I won’t quote something I recently came across, so as not to embarrass anyone. They were surely well meaning. But seriously, some of what I’ve read lately about establishing rents…
