Rhode Island tenant or landlord Friendly?

Question

I am a mass investor looking to rhode island  for some potential investments .  wanted to get some info as the landlord tenant laws and how they Favor one over the other .  also for those that are currently investing what areas are you seeing the most potential.  Lower crime ,professional tenants . and best cash flow potential.   I am have been looking at areas of pawtucket , Providence, but really open to learning more about the different markets and pros and cons to each.   thank you any positive input is greatly appreciated

Anthony Thompson · Answer

Tony, my understanding is that Massachusetts is much more biased toward tenants, whereas Rhode Island is pretty evenly fair to both tenants and landlords. One good summary of the various laws is the RI Landlord Tenant Handbook and you can view the laws themselves at RI General Laws Chapter 34-18.

Tony D. · Answer

Thanks Anthony Thompson i will be looking into that ...

Anthony Thompson · Answer

Tony, minor thing, the link to the Rhode Island Landlord Tenant Handbook I posted is to a version dated 2000. There used to be a link on providenceri.com to a 2007 version, but the link is dead and it took me some time to track down the new location.

I'm not sure if there are m/any differences from the 2000 version, but the 2007 version is available on the website of the agency that wrote the Handbook, the Office of Housing and Community Development.

Within the next day or two I'll probably put a link to that at the bottom of the ripropinfo.com site in case they move it again.