Landlord Newsletter March 8, 2011

Little Giant
10 Game Changing Strategies for Small Business Owners
by Real Estate and Business Author Dan Auito

This book is dedicated to all action-oriented, business-minded readers. If it weren’t for you, there would be no need for a book that is designed to enlighten, encourage, connect and support the people who take action and make things happen in business. You also have the right to forward the digital version of this book to friends, family and colleagues, to further pass along the wisdom and encouragement that this work aims to provide. All I ask in return is that you send good people to the following link so they, too, can have this information at their fingertips, free of charge. (Spread the word) ~ Dan Auito

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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:
I am a landlord in Arkansas. I collected a security deposit from tenants on 2/17/11 & signed a lease to begin on 3-1-11. Tenants have not moved in yet. They drove by the property on 2/18/11 & claim they were approached by a man & they feel the neighborhood is unsafe & want their deposit back & want to break the lease agreement. My lease clearly states that tenant forfeits the deposit if they are unable to complete initial 12 mth lease. The tenants have been talking w/ me for 2-3 weeks & I held the property for them for that long. They had all this time to check out the neighborhood & even did a walk-through of the property. Do I have to give their deposit back? Can I sue them in court for the remainder of the lease until I re-rent the property? What are my legal rights?
Marie Vaughn, Arkansas

A: You are OK as long as your lease says what you say it says. Re-rent - then sue for lost rent if you've got the time.

Free Forms for Your Tenants Daylight Savings Time & Smoke Detector Battery Reminder Daylight Savings Time & Smoke Detector Battery Reminder This is a friendly reminder form to remind tenants to change the clocks for daylight savings time and more importantly, to protect your property by reminding them to change the batteries in their smoke detectors. More about Daylight Savings Time: In 2011, daylight time begins on March 13 and ends on November 6. Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005). Not all places in the U.S. observe daylight time. In particular, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use it. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006. Many other countries observe some form of "summer time", but they do not necessarily change their clocks on the same dates as the U.S. Daylight time and time zones in the U.S. are defined in the U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX - Standard Time.

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. - Wayne Dyer

"Tenants show their true colors in pressure situations." - John Nuzzolese

"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile." - Goldie Hawn

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." - George Herman "Babe" Ruth

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

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