I live in a college town in North Carolina where there is a shortage of on-campus housing and, therefore, a constant demand among students for off-campus rental housing.Among these students is a daugh..

The Most Dangerous Tenant I thought I had checked everything with this prospective tenant. He had a good report from his previous landlord. He had worked at the same company for five years. His cre..

Can a Landlord go on Vacation? Yes!You heard a lot of reasons why not to be an active landlord when you first got into real estate investing. One of them was this: you’d never be able to take a va..

Most great landlord-tenant relationships hold one key element in common: they’re built on the foundation of a concise, airtight lease. Like any other type of legal contract, the goal of a lease agre..

If you are a tenant and you assign your house lease to somebody else (a “third party”), your assignment of your lease contract does not relieve you of your obligations to the original landlord. If..

Many people want to know "When is the right time to buy real estate?" Over the constant flow of information related to home prices, interest rates and discussions of buying or renting, it can be a cha..

Do you want to get involved in investing in real estate but don’t seem to have any extra money in the bank? This is a common problem, but what you may not realize, is that you can start investi..

It is not uncommon to see landlords being victimized by bad tenants. There are innumerable cases where tenants who initially appeared to have a clean profile and nice attitude, suddenly turn vicious a..

Under California law landlords have to adhere to housing standards and must refrain from using self help. There are housing standards that if violated will deem the property untenantable, meaning it ..

If you are waiting for the right time to buy real estate, you may find yourself waiting for the right time 10 years from now. Even though the real estate market goes up and down at different times, yo..

Question: What's the most important document between a landlord and tenant?Answer: A lease. This critical document, gives the tenant the right to occupy a property or unit. Basically, you are grantin..

In a perfect world, when a tenant signs a lease and agrees to pay the rent on the first of the month, that's what will happen. However, there will always be tenants that don't pay their rent on time, ..