Before you sign a lease and hand over the keys to your rental property, watch this video for essential steps every landlord should follow when…
Before you can have a tenant removed from a rental property, you have to start by giving proper notice. Without it, you can’t begin the court process…
Watch the three minute video by American Landlord titled “The Best Tenant Screening Services” to learn about the different types of accounts and ordering options…
Learn how much time a landlord or tenant must provide to terminate a month-to-month lease (also known as a tenancy-at-will when there is no written…
At some point during your time as a landlord, you may encounter a tenant that is either a nuisance, kind of creepy or maybe you…
Conducting business with a handshake is a great approach in theory, but not in practice. Not only is the United States a very litigious country,…
Everyone who owns rental property strives for a successful experience, but too often that success is mistakenly defined solely as the bottom line. Making sound…
Having the right rental application is a very important first step when screening a tenant. It ensures you not only obtain the necessary information, but…
For purposes of this discussion, we will be focusing on the needs of home-based landlords (not professional companies). The small landlord has been given…
When warranted, every landlord would like to report a negative payment status or a troubling experience with regard to a recent tenant. However, contrary to…
Determining whether or not a prospective tenant has a history of criminal behavior is obviously important. This is not just to protect landlords and their…