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Bill To Remove Unfair Housing Practices Clears Senate
OLYMPIA � A bill to ensure victims of domestic violence have fair and equal access to housing passed the Senate on Monday night.
Read More »Brooklyn landlord charged with murder in deadly fight with tenant over rent dispute
Phillip Estevez, 63, makes his arraignment appearance at Brooklyn Criminal Court on charges of murder in the second degree in Brooklyn on Monday, March 11, 2013.
Read More »The Critical Elements of Tenant Screening
We are comfy with 3X the gross revenue as a qualifier. Credit history Rating: Take into account a minimal score, a minimal of late pays, earnings to lease ratios
Read More »Tenant charged in death of 4-year-old in house fire
A District man charged in the fire deathof a 4-year-old girl was the downstairs tenant in the home where the little girl lived and saw fire spreading in his apartment but did nothing to
Read More »Tenant Screening
Every property management company should offer tenant screening services for the owners of the properties they manage. When we list a property for rent on an annual rental term we also inform potential
Read More »Housing Prices Rising, Investors Moving On
Some of the housing markets hit hard by the housing bubble were Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tampa and several markets in California. As prices fell to rock bottom levels, real estate investors made major purchasesin
Read More »Fast-track court acquits man in rape case
A fast-track court acquitted a man accused of raping his tenant, saying that the police has been unable to prove the case against him after the alleged victim turned hostile during trial. The judgment
Read More »Police: Disabled woman raped twice in public housing apartment
A former tenant of the Feaster Apartments public housing building is being held on $25,000 cash-only bail for a pair of felonies alleging he twice raped a disabled neighbor.
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