But what about situations where you enter your rental and the tenant may be stressed as a result…Which for many tenants is anytime you show up! Such as physical rent collections an action I am strongly against, routine inspections, correcting tenant caused maintenance issues and others.
via biggerpockets.
A group of landlords filed a motion for summary judgment Friday in its lawsuit against the City of Cedar Rapids over the “Crime Free Lease Addendum,” which was approved last summer.
via TheGazette.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Landlords of Linn County, a group that represents most landlords in Cedar Rapids, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Cedar Rapids.
In summary, the lawsuit says the new ordinance is too vague to be enforced.
Here are some of the most interesting points -
- Landlords must sign a Crime Free Lease Addendum. In that agreement, residents, guests or “other persons affiliated with the resident” may not engage in any criminal activity, including simple misdemeanors, on the rental property. None of those parties may engage in specified crimes within 1,000 feet of the residence.
via | KCRG-TV9
In an online world where people can post derogatory, vindictive and misleading comments, then duck behind aliases, one Vance County man is challenging whether Web forum moderators can be forced to reveal identities of those posters.
Here are some tips to making sure that you as the landlord (not as the friend) is protected if this friendship goes south and your “friend” becomes the bane of your existence!
I have recently recieved several calls from my landlord and property manager clients asking me whether or not they have to provide census workers called “census enumerators” or “census takers” with information about their tenants. Census employees started knocking on the doors of those who failed to return their census questionnaire on May 1st and will continue to do so until July 10th.
