Tips, Resources and Best Practices for Landlords

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How to Realtors Get Paid for Rentals?

Many landlords prefer to find their own tenants without the help of a property manager or other professional. However, the next time you’re on the lookout for high-quality tenants for your rental property, it’s important to keep in mind that realtors can help landlords find tenants for their rental properties just like they can connect …

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How to Hire a Property Manager

Many people confuse landlords with property managers. Though each might perform similar day-to-day tasks in order to upkeep a rental property, there are distinctive differences between the two roles. This article discusses how to hire a property manager, what to look for, and what to discuss before handing over the keys. Landlords are the owners …

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Rental Property Vendors: How to Find and Manage the Best

There are many responsibilities that landlords have to their rental properties, and many of those are centered around managing more than just your tenants. There is a wide variety of professionals that landlords need to work with in order to keep their properties in tip-top shape, and there are certain management tactics that landlords need …

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Rental Property Quiet Hours

Finding the perfect tenant for your property can be a long, involved process that includes many different interviews, tours, and rounds of paperwork. Once you’ve secured your tenant, your responsibilities as a landlord are far from over. There are many important duties that landlords are obligated to oversee for their tenants and properties. One of those …

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Managing Rentals with Septic Tanks

Are you managing a rental with a septic tank? There are multiple ways in which homes and apartments are designed to remove waste. While some homes are connected to their neighborhood’s sewer system and send their waste through pipes underground to city-run facilities, some homes have their own individual waste system called a septic system. …

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How to Obtain Proof of Income

Collecting rent on time is one of the most important duties of a landlord. This ensures that you’re making the income you’re expecting to collect from your rental property each month. Though issues can occur for even the most reliable tenants that might make paying rent on time impossible in a rare instance, there are …

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Income Requirements for Rental Properties

If you make your living as a landlord for a rental property, making sure that your tenants pay rent in full and on time is one of your most important duties. Unpaid rent can put a lot of financial strain on landlords, and if you find yourself having to evict a tenant due to many …

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Rental Property Depreciation

The Landlord Guide to Rental Property Depreciation

There are so many benefits to owning a rental property, including passive income and reductions in taxes. However, all landlords should know about the effects of rental property depreciation on their rental income and tax responsibilities. Though the idea of certain items on your rental property losing value may seem like a bad thing, the …

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Summer Fire Risks on Rental Properties

Aside from the responsibilities that nearly all landlords have in common, such as collecting rent and maintaining livability standards on their property, there are some tasks that are specific to the season and the type of weather you receive in your region. Summer tends to be the hottest time of year just about everywhere in …

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