Emily Vatistas
Suspicious Lease Agreement Terms
My boyfriend’s potential landlord says in the lease agreement that he is not allowed to obtain renter’s insurance and the landlord will not be held responsible. Any reason? This is why it says specifically: “Tenant ag...
Jeremy Gaal
Repost: Denver to require license?
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-proposal-would-create-rental-registryConcerned about this for my Denver landlord friends and hoping that this doesn't decide to travel south along I25. Does anyo...
Account Closed
Bad neighbors and the slumlord owner next door.
I have a rental in a lower income area that has about three quarters of the people living there are related or friends of some sort. This is a nice place to live except the new monsters next door. Next door a nice hom...
Mindy Jensen
Automatically Eliminating Criminal Records? Not so fast, says HUD
Criminal record? For years, landlords have been able to automatically disqualify any tenant with a criminal record - as they were not a protected class under Fair Housing Laws. Recent recommendations from HUD are call...
Stephen T.
About to sign lease when you learn new info about a tenant - how would you handle?
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I have a renter lined up for my first rental property. At the beginning of January during the screening process, we spoke with current landlord and he gave a very positive recommendation for this tenant -...
Matt R.
Independence, Missouri proposes mandatory rental inspections
Hello, all!The city of Independence, Missouri (a large suburb on the east side of Kansas City) is proposing mandatory inspections for rental properties. The landlord would be required to hire an inspector, at the lan...
Billy Bob
US government Covid Rental Assistance - yes or no?
Are any Landlords enrolled in the new US government Rental Assistance Program? I read some Landlords do not want to participate with their Tenants because of required financial information/disclosures to the governmen...
N.A N.A
Having trouble at new leased apartment (Any input will be much appreciated)
In the last week of November my girlfriend and I walked through a brand new apartment and instantly fell in love with it. Everything is brand new (appliances, hardwood floors, etc). We asked the landlord the normal...
Gary Wallace
Rental with no working oven or stove
As a landlord, how much would you expect to credit your tenant if the oven and stove stopped working and you couldn't replace it for 40 days? The tenant is a family of three and has to order out or dine out almost eve...
Alexander Goodson
Potential tenant cliaming their 2 dogs are emotional support dogs
First time landlord and I've got this couple applying that are telling me their 2 dogs are emotional support animals and that they don't need to tell me about them and don't need to pay a pet fee. I found an article s...