Landlord Guide to Renting
There are few more awkward situations than flushing a toilet and it not working. The commode is now not operable so nobody else can use it. Clearly you will want to get this fixed right away. When …
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I first became a landlord in my 20s. I knew nothing about managing a rental property. When my first tenants presented me with a list of repair demands including changing a whole bunch of light bulbs …
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I've cleaned a lot of refrigerators in rental properties. When tenants are ready to move out, one of the last things they care about is scrubbing caked-on mess under the bottom drawer. Even …
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One of my first rental properties the tenants asked if they could paint. The walls did not look that bad but I wanted to make them happy so allowed them to do it. The renters painted the entire …
Lots of students commute to school. But a very long commute might have negative effects on your college experience. In some parts of the US such as the Bay area or Manhattan, rent is extraordinary. …
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I have rented off campus housing to college students for decades and seen every success and failure imaginable. If you want to know, how do you prepare for living off campus, then you are in the right …
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