Painting and Decorating can Cost the Landlord and the Tenant Money
Sep 20, 2011
Landlords can protect themselves and their tenants by ensuring the lease agreement includes a provision that indicates that no painting or decorating the interior or exterior will occur without prior w...
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Landlords Should Clearly Lay out the Consequences of Refusing Possession or Unlawfully Detaining
Sep 20, 2011
Landlords should be aware that sometimes tenants fail to move in and tenant sometimes fail to move out. Landlords need to have an alternative plan for each scenario.
To the extent possible, that plan s...
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Avoiding the "Security Deposit is my Last Month's Rent" Issue
Sep 20, 2011
The Security Deposit is frequently a point of friction between landlords and tenants.
Many leases have the security deposit and the rental amount the same. This often leads to tenants notifying the la...
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Landlords Have Right of Access to Their Property
Sep 20, 2011
Landlords and tenants need to understand the landlord as property owner needs to have reasonable access to the property, with appropriate notice, for purposes of making repairs, and providing tradesmen...
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Left Behind Property--Landlord Has Duties Before He Disposes
Sep 19, 2011
Frequently tenants leave property behind when they vacate a premises. When that happens a landlord must treat it as abandoned property.
In most states, the landlord must notify the tenant of how to cl...
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Security Deposits are not Profit Streams for Landlords
Sep 19, 2011
Landlords are not simply entitled to keep security deposits.
Most lease agreements require a tenant to pay a security deposit to cover damage caused by the tenant or in the case of default. After a te...
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Eviction is a Process--Not Merely a Landlord Demand
Sep 19, 2011
Eviction is a process. Its a legal action by a landlord to remove a tenant from a rental property.
Every state has laws that regulate the eviction process. A landlord can evict a tenant for the nonpay...
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Tenants Have Right of Exclusivity From Landlord Interference without Proper Notice
Sep 19, 2011
Tenants have a right to exclusivity of the property and to be free from unreasonable landlord presence. A tenant has a right to privacy. A landlord should not enter a tenants rental unit without first ...
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Duty to Make Repairs--Sometimes Landlord, Sometimes Tenant
Sep 19, 2011
The lease agreement should specify who has the duty to make repairsthe tenant or the Landlord. A landlord must make some repairs even if a rental agreement does not specify these duties because landlor...
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Landlords Have a Duty to Provide Safe Environment for Tenants
Sep 19, 2011
Landlords are required to provide a safe environment for their tenants. In many states, landlords are legally responsible for the failure to keep tenants safe from dangerous conditions on a property or...
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