legal issues/liability

When tenants abuse the legal system and get away with it

Over the years I have talked a lot about the importance of screening prospective tenants. Trust me, it’s very easy to fill your vacancy with a bad tenant… But very difficult to end it when things go badly. ALWAYS CHECK OUT YOUR TENANTS! If you don’t think that many tenants know the legal system...

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Landlord Attorney Corner: Using LLCs and SubS Corps

Landlord Attorney Corner: Using LLCs and SubS Corps

The following article is a guest contribution to the Landlord Business Insider by Robert A. Gleaner, Esquire: Image by origamidon via Flickr      “Many people today are complaining about the bad economy. However, there are always opportunities for the astute investor. For instance, depressed real estate prices have placed many attractive properties on the...

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Landlord Attorney Corner: Municipal Violations

Landlord Attorney Corner: Municipal Violations

Here’s the first of a new kind of post for Landlord Business Insider– relevant articles written by attorneys for landlords. For now, at least, I’ve titled these articles as “Landlord Attorney Corner.” For the first one I asked Robert A. Gleaner, Esq., a local attorney whom I know, to do an article on issues...

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Landlords: Do you do your own repairs?

One of the important decisions that every small landlord needs to make is whether they will do their own repairs or whether they will contract it out to a handyman or other trade professionals. There a number of reasons that this decision becomes important. Here are some things to consider: First, your time has...

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Purchasing Commercial Property (Part 7 Commercial Contracts)

It’s been awhile since I have posted. For all who have been looking for this next article, I apologize for its lateness. Between purchasing and rehabbing the building, advertising for tenants and my other businesses, I kept pushing off my posts thinking “I’ll get to it tomorrow!” Well, after a couple of months of...

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9 Great Resources on Legal Issues and Property Management Help for Landlords

There are two things that tend to make both new and experienced rental property owners nervous about the business of landlording… PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & LEGAL ISSUES. Most people realize that you have to deal with legal issues directly related to Tenants, like leases, evictions, collecting rents, etc. Most also realize that managing a property...

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The Good, Bad & Ugly: An Eviction Story

As I mentioned in my last post, I know a fellow landlord who just had a pretty bad experience with a tenant. Most, if not all of his problems could have avoided if he had just gone to the video store to rent a movie! “What?” Yes, believe it or not, most if not...

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