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Re: PO Box by Anonymous on September 24, 2007 @09:25

                              
In some states it is illegal not to disclose this. If you check your state statutes, many say that you are required to give this info to the tenant. (A real address, not a PO box number). A place where legal notices can be served. You can't serve legal notices to a P.O. box. In certain states, the lease becomes void if you fail to disclose this info. In a couple places, you must even refund all of their deposit to them if you don't comply.

And, with the facts you stated above, it seems useless. Any possibly uninformed with an internet connection can log onto any number of websites (zabasearch, the county auditor, the county tax assessor, reverse phone look up, etc.) and find out this info. They can find out when you bought your home, who from, how much you paid, who holds your mortgage, what major improvements have been made to it, etc. You can even call some phone companies with the number and they will tell you the address. They can look up your criminal and civil court histories as easily as you check theirs. This is all public information. So I, like you, see a P.O. box as a useless and unnecessary added cost.

All my tenants know exactly where I live. It's written directly in the lease. I even set up an office at the front of my house for them to come pay the rent, sign leases and forms, and turn in their keys. In 15 yrs, I have never had a problem with this. If you are fair but firm and the tenant knows you mean business, they won't do anything with the information.

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Re: PO Box by Nicholas (NJ) on September 24, 2007 @09:33 [ Reply ]
That's very nice.
I'm not about to build an office onto my home so I casn greet tenants.
My po box works just fine thank you.
And it's a whole lot cheaper than making a special room to great tenants.

If they want to look me up, let them.

    Re: PO Box by Anonymous on September 24, 2007 @22:30 [ Reply ]
    That box might be a lot cheaper, but my home office now allows me to take a slew of tax deductions that the P.O. box could never. I now get to take 15% of all my utilities off as a tax deduction, plus my computer, printer, & fax costs, internet costs, all the office supplies, a share of my phone costs, even a share of the landscaping around the office room. All told, I was able to take thousands of dollars off my taxes because I set the office up in my little used family room. It was the best tax break I ever found.
Re: PO Box by Audrey (South Carolina) on September 24, 2007 @10:05 [ Reply ]
I'm glad for you that this method has worked but I would never write my home address into my lease. Most tenants are great and happy until they can't pay rent- eviction notices really change the course of things.
My P.O.Box puts distance between my tenants and I, and my personal life and home are kept private.

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