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What to have at a lease signing?
What to have at a lease signing? • Two copies of the lease • Lead Disclosure • Mold addendum • Move-in check list • Photos/CD • List of important phone numbers & community map – library, schools, … more →
What to have at a lease signing?
gosection8 wrote 1 year ago: What to have at a lease signing? • Two copies of the lease • Lead Disclosure • Mold addendum • Move- … more →
A ruptured disk has rendered me bored and stupid and housebound
gosection8 wrote 1 year ago: So, I thought I’d clean out my office. It will be great when it’s finished, but my shredder may blow … more →
Quake-Readiness for Renters - Not only homeowners need to be prepared for the Big One
gosection8 wrote 1 year ago: The following article, written by Julie Look, appeared in SFgate.com on October 13, 1999 – and altho … more →
Gifts for the Holidays
gosection8 wrote 1 year ago: Special “thank you” for special tenants or simply holiday cards. One landlord used to give us a pott … more →
Poor California
gosection8 wrote 1 year ago: They’ve been dealing with Mother Nature (who is apparently most displeased with the West Coasters) w … more →
How to verify military pay information?
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: I found the following quick guideline to military pay. ALWAYS try to contact their command to verify … more →
Annual rent increase dilemma?
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Boy, there’s a lot of controversy swirling around this topic. Increase rent by a little bit each yea … more →
Pets or no pets…Pets or vacant units…is the question
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: A friend of mine says, “It’s either pets or the poor house, so take your pick.” Compare a vacancy to … more →
Should you clean the carpet between tenants?
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: YUCK. Any landlord who asks this question should be forced to live in their own rental property resp … more →
Tenants give notice to vacate
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Landlords seem fully prepared to give their tenants ‘notice to vacate’ but are mystified when a good … more →
Landlords and Credit Reports
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: As most of you know as of January 1, 2007, credit bureaus now require landlords or businesses reques … more →
Receipt Requested
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: The reality of receipts for rent payment is pretty simple – typically a cancelled check will serve a … more →
Renter’s Insurance
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Jeeze, I feel like I’m in rerun mode…but, with the tropical storms and hurricanes swirling about, it … more →
Satellite dish installation
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: I don’t mind holes in the walls of my units nearly as much as I mind folks walking around on the roo … more →
Screening, screening, screening
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Get the point? SCREEN your applicants. I can’t emphasize this point enough. Whether you have a SFH o … more →
Lease Renewal
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Some of my tenants, especially my long-termers, prefer to have a lease rather than M2M – and I’m per … more →
Smoke detectors…again and again
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Smokedetectors…again and again. Same subject, same problem. How do keep the batteries in the smoke … more →
Receipts
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Whether you pay by check, money order, or cash – you can request a receipt. Typically when rent is p … more →
Radon
gosection8 wrote 2 years ago: Radon is an invisible and tasteless radioactive gas which is the naturally occurring by-product of d … more →
