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How To Handle Bad Tenants
Bad tenants are a landlord's worst nightmare. Between not paying their rent, trashing your rental property, allowing pest infestations, committing criminal acts in the property and a hundred other miserable acts, bad tenants can
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Two lawsuits highlight legal snags surrounding tenant screening
Two recent lawsuits dealing with the deaths of tenants by other tenants could change the face of tenant screening. The first lawsuit was against the Charlotte (N.C.) Housing Authority over a case in which
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Good Reasons for a Tenant Background Check
Why should property owners screen renters with a Tenant Background Check? A rental application can’t tell a landlord exactly what a credit check can because applicants can lie as well as the application doesn’t give
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Landlord Gets Year In Prison For Tenants’ Marijuana Operation
A Montana landlord with no criminal history has been sentenced to a year in prison for a medical marijuana operation run by his tenants. Jonathan Janetski, 36, of Flathead Valley, was sentenced by U.S.
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Couple discover tenants turned their home into cannabis factory
A couple have been landed with a £20,000 clean-up bill after they let their home and the tenants turned it into a cannabis factory. Shaun and Katie Thomas were left devastated after they went to
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What Are My Responsibilities as a Landlord Regarding Illegal Immigrants Living in My Property?
Immigration policies in the U.S. are currently under much debate, which also applies to policies regarding renting property to illegal immigrants. Some states have made renting to illegal immigrants illegal for landlords while others
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Conducting Tenant Criminal Background Investigations
When leasing rental property a landlord or property manager must seriously consider conducting criminal background investigations as part of the leasing process. It is the responsibility of landlords to know exactly what type of
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Learn to Say “Problem Tenants Need Not Apply”
Recently, a prospective tenant sent a question to a real estate columnist asking for advice on how to find a rental home when the applicant has a criminal background stemming from alcohol and drug
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