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Ellen A.
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Lease specifications to protect landlord

Ellen A.
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Please let me know what you have learned over the years about putting specific items in your least to protect you as a landlord. My realtor has only been doing this a couple years and doesn't have much experience with rental properties.

I know a landlord who charges a service fee for service calls to keep tenants from calling constantly. Anyone else include this in the lease?

Another biggerpockets member suggested I add this: Your rental unit has been inspected and deemed to be pest-free. If you have a special problem with pests, notify the Property Manager. You are asked to assist our pest control by maintaining a high standard of good housekeeping. If the sanitary conditions in your unit are such that it attracts pests of any kind, and it becomes necessary for us to undergo remediation in the building, you will be held financially responsible for reasonable costs thereof, paid as additional rent.

Please let me know what you have learned over the years about putting specific items in your least to protect you as a landlord. 

Thanks for your feedback!!

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