Landlord Newsletter - 5 Safe Ways to Screen Tenants

Dear Landlord,

In this newsletter:

• 5 Safest Ways to Screen Tenants
  
• FREE Appliance Agreement with Repair Clause
• Ask the Attorney, Real Estate Attorney, John Reno
  
• Wealth Secrets and Success Quotes
  

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

How do you make first contact with new tenant prospects? Do you field telephone calls from prospective tenants at your home number? Do you talk to caller after caller only to realize most of them are not what you are looking for? Should these unknown strangers to have your telephone number and waste countless hours of your valuable time? As we become more experienced landlords, we're learning better ways to avoid bad situations and protect ourselves from dangerous people, time wasters and unqualified prospects.



1. FREE LPA Prospect Pre-Screening Card
With HTML Code for your Internet Ad


I recently began using a basic little chart on my internet rental ads that has made quite a difference in setting up appointments. I used to advertise in local newspapers, and spend thousands on rental ads, but websites like Craigslist and The LPA Rentals Available section have been a helpful way to save advertising dollars!

Just imagine receiving e-mails from prospective tenants with the pre-screening information you want before even talking to them. (With Craigslist, the customer doesn't even have to see your real e-mail address or phone number!) Call prospective tenants to set up appointments only if they meet your pre-screening qualifications! It has never been easier. It saves time, advertising money and helps you zero in on the tenant you're looking for...

Click to for your Free HTML code and also Free Download of the printable Prospect Card



2. Tenant-Finder™ Pre-Screening Telephone Worksheet
"It is far better to have no tenant than to have a bad tenant."

I've been asked many times to create a new form to help landlords ask the right questions on the telephone to help determine if the caller is someone you'd like to set an appointment to show your rental to. The LPA's new Tenant-Finder™ Pre-Screening Telephone Worksheet has developed from a simple prospect card into a handy and more complete screening tool for telephone interviews.

Tenant Finder™ Pre-Screening Telephone Worksheet

Have you ever met prospective tenants at your rental property, shown it to them, had them fill out a rental application only to find that they were nowhere near qualified? A simple pre-screening telephone interview can be a major time saver. Why not focus your attention on the most qualified prospects?

Before giving out the address of your rental property and committing your time to a doomed appointment with an unqualified renter, you have a chance to more carefully evaluate which prospects are worth meeting with....

Click for the full article, 5 Safe Ways to Screen Tenants

The Landlord Protection Agency's Appliance Agreement with Repair Clause can be an excellent addition to many leases and rental agreements.

The Appliance Agreement with Repair Clause explains in simple terms to the tenant that if the tenant wishes to use the existing appliances, he is responsible for maintenance and repairs on them.

This document includes a complete appliance checklist at Move -In, signed by the tenant, it also protects the landlord from costly repairs and maintenance by putting the responsibility of the appliances onto the tenant where it belongs.

We like the Appliance Agreement because it covers the landlord completely for those annoying appliance repairs that seem to always crop up. This agreement is clear and easy to understand.

The more rentals you have, the more appliances you have that will need repairing and replacing over the years.

LPA Essential Form Download LPA Appliance Agreement With Repair Clause Download This Popular Essential FREE! Check out more Essential Forms

The 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).
(Mention The LPA for a 10% discount!)

Dear Mr. Reno:
I rented my house Aug 2012 on a written 12 month fixed term lease and then goes month to month. Tenant is in military reserves full time, works as Airforce Colonel -- who has turned into a bully. Can I terminate his lease once it goes month to month? He and his wife gave me a hard luck story so I rented him my executive home for $800.00 a month - she was to do the yard work, she did it for two months-- now it's a mess. She constantly breaks stuff-- and so does he. Found out they have multiple homes across US and are bullys. How do I get them out after the lease expires? HELP! My father was a military man -- I am appalled. Have had the Police out twice for violent outbursts against us when they call us to fix things.
Patricia from Ohio

A: Serve a 30 day Notice to Vacate prior to the lease expiration. You have to read your lease carefully. Often, the procedure to terminate is in there. If not, serve notice more than 30 days prior to expiration. Then eviction court. This is tricky. Hardest person to evict is a tenant that's current in rent- especially GI Joe. Good Luck!

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