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The LPA Newsletter October 2009

Dear Fellow Landlord,

In this issue:

  • FREE GIFT for Newsletter subscribers: LPA Appliance Agreement With Repair Clause
  • Article: "Accidental Landlords: Renting What Won't Sell", By Barbara Kiviat, TIME Magazine
  • Ask the Attorney Q&A with Eviction Attorney, John Reno
  • Excuses Tenants make

Please e-mail us if you have any questions or would like to add or share any material / information.
John Nuzzolese
John@theLPA.com


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Accidental Landlords:
Renting What Won't Sell

By Barbara Kiviat

From the front lines of the Great American Housing Bust: people who want to sell their houses but can't are turning their homes into rentals. Yes, there are early signs that home sales are steadying and prices are picking up, but some owners have been waiting for years to sell — to move to new towns, to better jobs — and simply can't hold out any longer. Their solution is to pack the old place with tenants and no longer be trapped by an unsalable property.

Call them Accidental Landlords (the real-estate pros already do). Insurance company Allstate has been tracking the new demographic by watching the wave of people switch from homeowner- to landlord-insurance coverage, a figure that's up 27% year-over-year. ….

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Ask the Attorney

The Landlord Protection AgencyThe Landlord Protection Agency® is proud to introduce John Reno, Esq., a highly experienced Landlord - Tenant attorney based on Long Island, NY.

If you have a landlord tenant problem you'd like to ask a question about, please feel free to e-mail me your question.
Submit a landlord / tenant question for Mr. Reno
Please try to keep your questions as short and to the point as possible.


Dear Mr. Reno:
Our tenants in our duplex have a guest that has been staying with them for several months, at what point can we tell them she needs to pay rent too? - Nicole, Minnesota

A: When the law changes. (You may want to look into raising the rent of the tenant you have, but if there's a lease you may have to wait 'til it expires.

Dear Mr. Reno:
can i as the landlord of a multi-family rental unit restrict the number of vehicles allowed on the property by each tenant. also that on the property any additional trailers and other recreational equipment will not be allowed. - erick beck , illinios

A: You can do it in the lease, but once the lease is signed, if it's not in there, you've got troubles. Some multi-unit leases say the LL can implement house rules unilaterally, but it's still problematic b/c a judge could say you're changing the rules while the game is in progress.

Read more from John Reno, Eviction Attorney



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Excuses Tenants Make


tenant on vacation"The bank screwed up and froze my account. But I can't have the rent in cash tomorrow as I am on a cruise in Bermuda and calling from the ship!!" - Dorothy, Patchogue, NY

"My boyfriend went to jail with all my money." Later on they through a party and I saw him walking around. Nicole GA

"I couldn't pay the rent because I had to pay for the California Lottery Machine in my business because it costs $10,000 to renew. I'll have the rent in three weeks." They were already two weeks late. I served the three-day notice and they used the lottery monies to pay the rent. Better luck next time. - E. Ramirez, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

"My husband got some new tattoos that got infected so he's missed work and lost his job. The tats weren't cheap y'know, and now he's gotta get a new job! Whatd'ya want from us???" Let's start with the rent, and then the late fee. I can't lose my property because of tattoos! - Louis, Tustin, CA

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