HUD Fair Market Rents for 2010 – How current are your rental rates?
Every year HUD publishes their FMR (Fair Market Rent) data. HUD (US. Department of Housing & Urban Development) uses this data to figure out what the standard payments are for…
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…
Renters Increasing Faster Than Rental Property Supply
Image by Center for Neighborhood Technology via Flickr Yet another good reason to consider rental property ownership… In a recent article published on the Multi-Housing News website (March 26, 2009),…
Property Managers, Attorneys, Coaches and much more coming to Landlord Business Insider!
It’s been a busy few weeks for me with property issues, but I wanted to let you know that I have been lining up a bunch of posts that I…
Water bills creeping up in a rental unit, but you don’t know why?
Image by Editor B via Flickr Are your water bills high in one of your rental units, but you aren’t sure why? If you’ve already ruled out leaky faucets, pipes…
A “real life” example of why even DIY Landlords need a good network
In a recent post, I asked the question, “Do you do your own repairs?” I don’t want to rehash that post, but just give you a personal example of why…
“Fair Housing Isn’t Always Fair”
“Fair Housing Isn’t Always Fair.” That’s a quote from Doug Chasick, Chief Learning Officer and Senior VP of Multifamily Professional Services for CallSource, a web based education provider. Awhile back,…
Do You Rent To Tenants With Pets?
One of the great debates among landlords are whether it’s a good idea to rent to prospective tenants that have pets. On the one hand, there are so many landlords…
Review: FreeForeclosureBlog.com
I was just asked to do a review about a site called FreeForeclosureBlog.com. I get requests all the time from companies that would like me to review their sites. Most…
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…