Landlord Attorney Corner: Separating Tenant Security Deposits from Landlord General Account
I recently received this question resulting from my article “NJ Landlords: Remember the Security Deposit Interest Deadline” : “I deposited a security to my own account instead of an escrow…
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…
NJ Landlords: Remember the Security Deposit Interest Deadline!
Normally, I post on issues that affect landlords all across the country(inclusive of the US, although many of the issues are probably similar in many other parts of the world).…
Top 10 Tenant Excuses For Late Rent
These are actual excuses (modified slightly to protect privacy) that tenants have given me for being late with their rent. I thought it might be fun to share them with…
Holding Deposit Agreements: useful tool or bad policy?
A landlord recently purchases a property with a vacant unit. Diligently, he advertises and weeds through a multitude of unqualified applicants (mostly due to lack of income, poor credit and/or…
How Much Rent Should I Charge? (Part 2)
So, how can you figure out the monthly rent you should charge for your vacant single, duplex, triplex or apartment building? Like most property management decisions, it’s really part ‘art’…
How Much Rent Should I Charge? (Part 1)
This is often a big question for newbie landlords. It’s probably one of the most frequent ones that I get, too. Well, although there is not exact science on this…