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5 Prospective Tenant Red Flags
When you are interviewing prospective tenants, there are certain behaviors or statements that should raise red flags. These items are not necessarily deal breakers, but they are items that should concern you and warrant
Read More »Landlords Penalized for Tenant Sex Crime
A proposed nuisance ordinance would make landlords responsible for an array of tenant crimes, including sex offenses. According to a news report, the Bartonville, Illinois’s town council is seeking to fine landlords from $500 and
Read More »Tenant slits landlady’s neck
A 50-YEAR-OLD caretaker of a house for rent was killed after a tenant stabed her in the neck the other night in Binondo, Manila. Jose Yolanda Gabion, of Araneta compound located at 155 San Nicolas
Read More »Landlord fined for accepting false tenant references
A landlord from Leeds has been ordered to pay £3,462 after accepting false references from his tenants. Colin Harrison, of Gipton in East Leeds, was fined at Leeds Magistrates Court after admitting to six offences
Read More »Landlords and letting agents watch out – your tenants are angry and mobilising
Renting privately in the UK is horrible. With minimal security and prices racing skywards, tenants cope with amateur landlords who avoid repairs, and unregulated letting agents charging fees from a menu of creative excuses
Read More »How to Run Credit Checks on Prospective Tenants
Find out about the financial responsibility and history of prospective tenants by running credit checks on rental applicants. Follow these few steps to look into your potential tenants' financial history.
Read More »Renter’s revenge: Pictures which show the squalid aftermath left by an angry tenant in £100,000 home after a row with his landlord
These squalid pictures show the aftermath of a £12,000 trail of vandalism left by a disgruntled tenant at his rented house after a row with his landlord. The man went berserk at the seaside property
Read More »Tenant, 83, arrested on suspicion of murdering landlord, 60, in dispute over £1,000 rent payment
An 83-year-old man was arrested in suspicion of murder yesterday after he allegedly stabbed his landlord following a long running dispute over rent. Mike Bithrey, 60, died after being airlifted to Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton,
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