When working as a landlord, it’s your responsibility to keep up with not just federal laws but also with local and state laws as well. In fact, most aspects of renal property management are dictated by state laws and further refined by local laws. Everything from how many days notice you must give a tenant…Read More
Handling an eviction is never fun. Dealing with complicated laws only makes it more complicated, and the process can be further delayed if you make any mistakes in your notice, filing, or court procedures. As a landlord, it is very important for you to fully understand when, where, and how 3-day notice to pay or…Read More
When you’re dealing with a tenant that is always paying late or blatantly breaking the rules of your lease agreement, you may get to the point when you decide that it is time to file for eviction. That will be the end of that, right? Well, yes and no. While filing for eviction may finally…Read More
Landlords may often find themselves getting frustrated with eviction guides, which give you only general information rather than information that is specific to your location. Unfortunately, most comprehensive guides can only go into so much detail! This guide, however, is specifically for landlords looking to learn how to evict a tenant in Florida. It’s not…Read More
When a difficult tenant finally moves out after eviction proceedings, the last thing that you want to deal with is another headache. Unfortunately, it’s possible that evicted tenants might leave their belongings behind. And if they do, removing a tenants property left behind after an eviction is not as simple as just throwing it away….Read More
It can feel devastating when a tenant steals property upon moving out of the rental. In this post we address what your rights as a landlord are in this unfortunate situation. Our friends over at Avvo discuss this in their webinar with Zillow addressing landlord rights with stolen property. The audio file above addresses this question as Avvo’s chief legal…Read More
If you are a landlord and have the strong desire to evict a tenant, make sure your reasons are legally valid. The laws are set up to ensure that landlords cannot simply evict tenants for just any reason, they need to have grounds for eviction. Even if the tenant is the messiest person you’ve ever…Read More
Abandoned rentals can leave landlords confused as to how to proceed, and the rules for what you can and cannot do vary by state. At some point in your time as a landlord, you will be faced with an empty or half empty unit, wondering where your tenant is. Perhaps it’s because you served the…Read More
