Is there a time period in which a landlord is required to claim late fees? My landlord is telling me I need to pay late fees from four or five months ago. She lives in San Mateo and I live in Sacramento. I'm required ...

Do you always charge late fees?

How are you all addressing them?? I know each state is a little different.  We are in Michigan and there are so many thoughts on this.  Some landlords love the late fees - I would be happiest if the rents were always ...

I have spoken with various people who impose different levels of late fee, some on sliding scale, others lumpsum fee of 5% or 4%. Some charge late fee on the 4th of the month, others charge on 6th or 10th. This i...

How much do any of you charge as a fee for late rents, and how many days do you give before the rent is considered over due?

I was listening to WPR (Wisconsin Public Radio) today and they had on a guest who was answering questions and one landlord called in and said that his tenant hadn't paid late fees and can he deduct them from the secur...

In Montgomery County, MD the law states that interest cannot be charged until rent is late by 10 days. If an owner wants me to write language into a lease that late fees will be charged if received after the 5th of th...

Good morning everyone, This is my first month of owning a 10 unit apartment building. It is in a downtown area but not in a horrible section. B-/C area. There is a PM responsible for collecting the rent. In my lease r...

Question for other Massachusetts landlords. I see that the state laws prohibit landlords from assessing a fee for late rent until 30 days after the rent was due. This seems rather ridiculous to me. But I also understa...

One of my bigger houses has 6 real beds and 2 sofa beds.  The weekly rent is $1500.  There are 7 guys in there working day or night shift.  It comes out to $215 a person.  Yesterday was rent day.  4 guys paid me the r...