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What Maintenance Issues Are Emergencies and What Can Wait For Regular Business Hours?

Are you a landlord wondering how to prioritize maintenance requests effectively? Distinguishing between emergencies that require immediate attention and issues that can wait is crucial for managing your property efficiently. This guide is tailored for landlords and aims to provide clear insights on identifying maintenance emergencies, ensuring tenant safety, and maintaining your property's value. By understanding what constitutes an urgent repair versus a routine one, you can make informed decisions, keeping your tenants satisfied and avoidin…

What is the Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment?

As a rental owner, you must have a solid understanding of landlord-tenant laws. Respecting local rental laws is essential to keeping a positive working relationship with your tenants, whether it's the Fair Housing Act or security deposit regulations. Landlords need to be aware of a legal concept known as the "implied covenant of quiet enjoyment." One of your tenants' most fundamental rights is this. Breaching this covenant may have legal repercussions in addition to harming your relationship with your renters. In this article, we will go over e…

How to Conduct a Tenant Walk-Through Inspection

What condition should your property be in when a tenant moves in? Rental inspections are essential to safeguarding the value of your property as a landlord. They assist you in identifying and resolving problems before they worsen and become expensive. A rental walk-through inspection also allows your tenant to identify any problems before they negatively impact their quality of life. You can ask a potential tenant to conduct a walk-through inspection with you before they begin renting. Landlords can use the helpful advice and guidelines in thi…

How To Write A Good Property Listing

Investment in rental real estate comes with a plethora of benefits and advantages, such as passive rental income, appreciation, tax breaks, and a hedge against inflation. This success hinges on your ability to attract a good tenant to your property. And this happens through having a quality listing. A good listing needs to get a potential tenant to stop scrolling and get them to start a conversation with you. So, how should you design it? To help you design and create the best listing possible, the team from Action Properties has put together …

How to Be a Long-Distance Landlord

Relocation is something that a lot of people have to deal with in their professional lives, whether it be for reasons within or out of their control. If you find yourself in this situation, you may decide to sell off your residential home, but find that the market price is lower than you expected. The best thing to do to combat that would be to rent the unit out until real estate prices rise again. The regular income you will earn from the rental can contribute to a passive income, which can fund your lifestyle in another city or state. With a…