Greg Boots, one of our resident experts on the subject of law, has responded to this post with a full article on our blog that is a MUST READ!

•providing you with monthly and annual financial reports, so you always know how your property is performing •tracking and invoicing tenants for CAM charges •maintaining and keeping your property in exceptional condition and undertake specific preventative maintenance processes•professionally marketing your property to minimize vacancies and maximize income via my numerous industry related affiliations and web presence •overseeing the leasing process (if requested) finding qualified, suitable tenants, and professionally managing every aspect of the landlord-tenant relationship •overseeing initial tenant improvement installation and/or renovations •collecting rent and late •ensuring that your property complies with federal, state and local laws and regulations •maintaining insurance policies for the property and coordinating the payment of all property expenses •responding to tenant requests in a prompt and professional manner •providing you with a successful advertising strategy that keeps your property rented •credit and background screening to insure your property is respected •cost reductions- your property will benefit from detailed expense reviews and wholesale pricing for re-occurring and non-recurring expenses.

Not really concerned with anyone's opinion about the ethics of doing this, so please don't respond with regard to that, but if you have the CA criminal or BPC code that is relevant to this action, I'd love to see it.Hoping Aaron or Will can help out here... it'd certainly be cheaper than continuing to pay my attorney to deal with problematic occupants at a snails pace.

One thing, the #1 thing I love about this site, is how quickly people respond, right down (up?)

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I appreciate you taking the time to check out my question and respond on top of that. 

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@Joe Cummings - Sorry I thought I responded earlier.

If they don't fill it out, I never respond back to them because they either aren't interested, don't qualify, or are too lazy (which aren't tenants I want). 3.

While experience is a good thing I think it can also keep people from trying anything new even if there are better ways to do things or respond to changing needs of the market-- I don't want to be an unsuccessful landlord because I relied on someone else to make all the decisions for me (or someone who never makes the leap because I don't feel ready).