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The LPA Newsletter
July 26, 2011

Dear Fellow Landlord

In this issue:

  • 12 Sure Deal-Breakers When Screening a Prospective Tenant
  • Free From: Move Out, Clean Up & Debris Letter
  • Ask the Attorney, Real Estate Attorney, John Reno
  • Wealth Secrets & Success Quotes

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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12 Sure Deal-Breakers When Screening a Prospective Tenant

If you are a discriminating landlord, you surely have a number of conditions on which you will disqualify a prospective tenant. As long as you discriminate legally, and not against any fair housing laws, we may share the same "Deal Breakers" below. Please let us know if you have any "sure deal-breakers" not listed.

  1. Bankruptcy
    Do you know what a person has to go through before deciding to declare bankruptcy? It can sometimes be years of dodging creditors and bill collectors. It is a process that teaches an individual how to get around paying creditors. It is not a pleasant experience, and it usually educates and hardens a person towards all creditors.
    I don't mean to say people who have gone bankrupt are not nice people or will not be good tenants! I mean, I prefer not to rent to people who are well educated on avoiding debts, filing bankruptcy and have no fear of damaging their credit.
  2. Prior Eviction
    Any tenant who has been evicted probably has very bad credit and may feel confident in gaining a few months free rent in an eviction should the need arise.
  3. Criminal History
    I’ve been asked by a few landlords, “Am I allowed to discriminate against someone with a criminal history?” Of course you can! Yes, it is legal to decline an applicant because they have a criminal record.
    It may not be politically correct to decline criminals, but Criminals are not a protected class…. Yet.
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    Move-out Debris Have you ever wondered if the tenants would have done a better job vacating if you gave them specific instructions? Much like the LPA Move Out Reminder Letter, this reminds the tenants to not wait until their last day of tenancy to put out garbage and debris. They are urged avoid clean up charges and deductions from their security deposit and to make arrangements as soon as possible to get rid of their unwanted items, rather than leave them behind in or around the property.


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    Ask the Attorney

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

    John Reno also does Mortgage Loan Modifications (Nationwide).
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    Dear Mr. Reno:
    I have a tenant in Maryland who is moving out but several months behind on rent. They "promise" to pay and I suggested they submit to me, a payment schedule with some written legal obligation on their part to follow through. Is there anything else I can demand now that will hold up in small claims court later? I want them out but I also want them to fullfill their obligation, though it is probably too late... Funny how All the forms and "agreements" in the world have never brought me comfort in this business.
    Thanks
    Vince C.

    A: You could also have them sign a release that they are waving any claims against you.

    Dear Mr. Reno:
    My brother has rented to an excellent tenant for the past four years. There has been no lease, just month-to-month. He recently lost his out of town job and planned to move back to his house after giving the tenant 30 days notice, but at that point, the tenant was injured in a serious motorcycle accident. She remains in a trauma center under heavy sedation. An attorney told my brother that he cannot give notice telling the tenant she has to move, or remove her possessions after 30 days, because she is non compos mentis.

    Is that true? My brother is willing to find the tenant a similar rent house and move her belongings into it. Her rent is paid from an alimony check, so her mother, who is handling her finances, could simply pay the rent for the new house. Brother is living in a dirt cheap motel and having to board his dogs because he has no idea when he can return to his home.
    Thank you,
    Amy Steinbeck, Arkansas

    A: I've never evicted a coma tenant but I suspect it would go through because service of the 30 day notice and eviction papers is done at home. The problem is, whoever is reading her mail may appear in court and put the kay-bosh on it. But you have to start. The judge may take tenant's condition into consideration, but she can't stay there forever. The sooner you start....

    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.

    Read more from John Reno, Eviction Attorney



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    Wealth Secrets & Success Quotes

    "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." Lao-Tzu

    "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous" -Goethe

    "Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself." — Robert Collier

    "How much did your last tenant problem cost you?" - John Nuzzolese

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