A Non-Refundable Deposit.
A serious applicant will have no problem leaving a substantial non-refundable earnest money deposit with you to secure the rental...
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Bush Tax Cuts - Letting them expire hurts small business owners
By Dr. Danielle Babb
Here is what we face with the tax cuts expiring:
Couples earning 375,700 or more will have a 4.6% increase
Families earning between 232,950 and 375700 will pay 3% more
210,400 to 232,950 will pay 5% more -- this is the hardest hit class
percentage-wise
In total, 36 million people reported small business income in 2009. This is
24% of all tax filers. We aren't talking small numbers here.
Since many business owners report their income as personal income, many
actual businesses will be affected...
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Dear Mr. Reno:
We are the owners to our property and just moved in 2 months ago. Going thru the files we found some tenants who have pets and have not paid a pet deposit. We have one tenant who never paid his security deposit. Can we have them pay even if its been 6 months or more since? The previous managers never followed up.
Thanks, Diane, Alaska
A: If it's in the lease, it is enforceable, but there's a catch. In some jurisdictions, the eviction court only has jurisdiction over rent. So in those places (like in my area) you can only evict if the lease categorizes these things as "added rent". Either way; you can sue for a judgment; the only question is can you evict.
Read more from John Reno, Eviction Attorney
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Criminal Background & Release Form
The Criminal Background Authorization & Release Form will remove any doubt of whether the tenant is being up front with you. Not only will you have the tenant's full authorization to do a criminal report with law enforcement agencies, you also have the written authorization required to obtain a credit report.
The fact that the tenant has nothing to hide and is willing to release credit and criminal (if any) history to you shows good faith and cooperation in the screening process.
This form should be used in addition to the LPA Rental Application.
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Where's the RENT? Tenant Excuses
"Juuuust because you are aaaaasking for it .....AGAAAAIN- doesn't mean I'm gonna have it OK!?" I'm not even going to bother with a witty comment. My lawyer is serving eviction papers to this annoying thing. - Jack, NY
"I left the house, am getting married and leaving the country, so I'm not paying the rent." What he really meant to say was he's on the run from the law because he used the house as a drug stash house, 2054 lbs of pot. With my help he's now in jail. - Ken F.
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Electronic Rent Collection
LPA members have been asking me for a while now about how to set up automated rent payments with their tenants. I’d like to bring your attention to “ClearNow, the leader in electronic rent collection.” ClearNow enables you to have your rent automatically withdrawn from your tenant’s bank accounts and directly deposited into your bank account.
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