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The LPA Newsletter
July 5, 2011

Dear Fellow Landlord,
Some tenants just don't take care of the grounds like they promised. We've got a form for that. I also included my 10 red flags list to watch out for when meeting with new tenants. I hope your 4th of July weekend was a safe & happy one. Enjoy the newsletter!

In this issue:

  • 10 Red Flags that Scare Me when Screening Tenants
  • The Grounds Violation Notice
  • 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.
John Nuzzolese
John@theLPA.com


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10 Red Flags & Tenant Turn-Offs

After a while in the landlord business, showing rental properties to many tenants, you tend to hear some of the same questions and statements again and again. The screening process is alive from the moment you first speak with your new prospects until the leases are signed and the money is paid, so you must keep your eyes and ears open for clues and telltale signs of whether your prospect is the right tenant for your rental.

  1. "Let's have my wife sign the lease. Her credit is OK."

  2. "Why do you need our credit reports? That doesn't tell you what good people we are."

  3. "We're moving because our landlord is a jerk."

  4. "You won't need a security deposit with us. We'll take good care of your home."
  5. "I'm an attorney and more than qualified to rent your house. By the way, I found 3 illegal questions in your rental application."



Read more Red Flag Question or Statements to Run From when Screening Tenants



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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.

John Reno also does Mortgage Loan Modifications (Nationwide).
(Mention The LPA for a 10% discount!)

Dear Mr. Reno:
Is it true that in New Hampshire a squatter must be evicted? That the property owner must go through the eviction process?
The police call it a civil matter?
Thank you,
Peter, NH

A: That's usually how it works. This is distinguished from a trespasser which is a criminal matter. Once the trespasser is there a while, (usually 30 days) he becomes a squatter and must be evicted.

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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Grounds Violation Notice
Do your rentals look like rentals?

The Grounds Violation Notice is used to get the tenant to live up to his agreement to properly maintain the grounds. Many tenants will promise in the lease to take great care of the property and then fall short of really doing it. Has this ever happened to you? Many landlords give in and do it themselves or hire a landscaping company to do it.

Unfortunately, when you get right down to it, most tenants just don't want to put work and/ or expense into caring for someone else's property. Yup, even if they tell you that they love gardening and find maintaining the grounds a therapeutic hobby. How many times have we heard that?

click here for the full article...



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Wealth Secrets and Success Quotes

"You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher

"Everything in your life gets better when you get better, and nothing is ever going to get better until you get better."
- Larry Winget

"How much did your last tenant problem cost you? Your LPA membership will pay for itself many times over by helping you avoid the smallest tenant problems." - John Nuzzolese

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    Tenant Screening Toolkit, By Kim HerbelTenant Screening Toolkit, By Kim Herbel

    One of the most important elements of being successful as a landlord is the practice of proper tenant screening. As a landlord herself, Kim Herbel has learned and mastered the art of qualifying good tenant prospects and eliminating bad ones.

    The book supplies helpful forms and links to fully prepare the reader with everything needed to screen a tenant. By screening carefully, you will find why I always say, "95% of tenant problems can be eliminated in the screening process!" ... and Thank you Kim, for the opportunity to write the foreward in your book! -John Nuzzolese, President of The Landlord Protection Agency

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