More communities discuss tenant screening
Communities across the United States are starting to discuss the benefits of tenant screening, including how to conduct a tenant screening and how to follow the applicable state, local and federal laws. Recently, Brainerd MN held a town hall meeting about tenant screening and this week they are getting to together to discuss it. The […]
The Importance of Tenant Screening
More communities are providing forums to help landlords and property owners understand their rights and help them engage effectively with their tenants. Champlin Minnesota is the newest community to encourage this behavior, which a forum that occurred on May 14th, the second annual landlord forum. In addition to discussing low interest loans for property repair, […]
Check out your landlords financial strength
According to news-press.com, there’s is a growing problem for Florida condominium associations regarding non-paying unit owners who have tenants living in their unit. These unit owners are behind on their HOA fees and yet Florida law provides that the utilities cannot be disrupted to the tenant living in the unit. There is a bill before Florida […]
More local governments encouraging tenant screening
As the recession moves from Wall Street to Main Street, local cities are forced to deal with the affects, with shrinking tax revenue. We were all hopefull during the housing boom that blighted parts of town would be regentrified, and the blight would be replaced by a white picket fence and an interest only mortage. Backsliding into chaos […]