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Landlords beware fraudulent tenants
Liverpool firm Bluerow Lettings is warning that landlords should beware of fraudulent tenants. A number of insurance firms and lettings agents have reported a rise in the number of cases involving property owners being hit
Read More »5 Tips to Avoid Bad Tenants
Managing a property means you run the risk of attracting delinquent or bad tenants. You can avoid this by adopting some best practices that include the following guidelines. 1. Know the rules for dealing with
Read More »Criminal History: Tenants with More than Enough Background
The fact is, as the ex-convict population continues to sky-rocket, for some it’s a lucrative industry. According to this Nu-Wire Investor article, some 600,000 inmates are released from prison back into the general population,
Read More »Landlord Rights – What to do about bad tenants
make sure you know where you stand with problem tenants! The rental sector is enjoying a boom time – 40% more people live in rented accommodation now than did in 2006. On the whole tenants
Read More »How to Run a Tenant Credit Check
One of the most important things you can do as a landlord is to run a tenant credit check on anyone who is interested in renting with you. If you're new to screening tenants,
Read More »Tenant from hell leaves string of landlord victims
Nina Willis seemed like the ideal tenant. She was well-spoken and tidy, posing as an employee for a cellphone company with offices in Toronto and Montreal. She came with glowing references. What landlord Darius Vakili, 63,
Read More »Amateur Landlord: Dealing With Bad Tenants
Landlords who want to see something truly frightening should search for “bad tenants” on YouTube. The following video shows every landlord’s worst nightmare — the damage that tenants can inflict on a rental property.
Read More »Can Landlord Charge Tenant for Messy Repair?
Q: I just finished unclogging the kitchen drain at my rental property. It’s an older unit and the sink does not have a garbage disposal. The tenant was scraping food into the drain and
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