Aug 31
Question: My elderly aunt has rented the same apartment for more than 15 years. Recently she received a warning notice from the manager requiring her to remove her accumulated belongings from the unit because they “constitute a safety hazard.” When I called the resident manager about the warning notice, she said my aunt was a hoarder. I know that my aunt has difficulty discarding possessions, even old newspapers. I don’t think she can control this behavior, and I am worried that she may have some kind of mental illness. Is there anything that can be done to protect her housing?
via latimes.com.
Aug 30
With home prices in the metro area down an average of 32% in the past five years, many don’t want to take a huge loss when they decide to move. They want to wait to see whether they can rebuild their equity. So they rent.
“People just really don’t want to be landlords, and they really have no choice,” said Dennis Dickstein, a Realtor at Real Estate One in Farmington Hills, who estimates that 20% of his deals are leases.
via Free Press.
Aug 28
Walking through the vacated apartment this week — her first look inside the rental in more than a year — Cook saw the holes in walls, the ruined carpet, the accumulated bathroom filth and then reflected on the landlord-tenant battle she calls the worst experience of her life.
“It’s amazing she could live like this,” said Cook, who fluctuated between disgust and tears during a tour of the apartment Wednesday morning.
via PressDemocrat.com.
Aug 15
Life as a landlord may be tempting to homeowners unable to sell their homes and others looking to add properties to their investment portfolio.
However, many costs associated with rental properties catch novice landlords by surprise. The following are four hidden expenses experts say new landlords should consider.
via Bankrate.
Aug 14
We’ve had a lot of water in the wrong place this year. But, landlords complain about water in the wrong place, too. That place is coming out of the tap at their rentals. I hear complaints that tenants “take hour-long showers,” as if they are doing this just to hurt the landlord.
via Landlord-tenant hell
Aug 06
Majority of landlord nowadays are very strict when it comes to move out cleaning on their apartment. Most of them require the help of a professional company. Even if hiring a professional company is such as huge investment for you as you move out. You will take benefit from hiring professional than hiring a fly by Night Company. You can rest assure no dirt, clutter and stain will be left inside the house. This is one way to get your deposit back.
via Clean N Gone.
Aug 01
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
Aug 01
Bobby Jardine, the owner of the apartment complexes at 260 and 280 N. Commerce Avenue, said Friday he plans to allow the city to bring drug-sniffing dogs through the halls of his buildings.
Jardine said his seeming reluctance to warm up to the idea stemmed from a combination of wanting to talk to his attorney and to keep his doors from getting “busted down” by police.“I don’t condone criminal activity at anytime,” he said. “We are all working together, and we are more so than seems to be conveyed.”
via Waynesboro News Virginian.
