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The recent tragedy on January 9, 2022 (where 17 residents of a Bronx, New York apartment building lost their lives) provides all landlords - whether single-family home owners or multi-family property managers - a sobering reminder of compassion, maintenance, and liability.

This video discusses the alleged rental property issues and how landlords across the United States can avoid such tragic events by responding to tenant complaints as opposed to ignoring them.

Learn where to get the estimated value of your house and why automated valuation models (AVM) on popular real estate websites (like Zillow) can miscalculate property values with a wide margin of error.

If you're just curious or a little interested in buying a house, but don't want to spend hundreds on an appraisal just yet? Visit the featured service in this video to find out the value of almost any home, https://ushomevalue.com or contact a real estate agent for a comparative market analysis (CMA).

Find out which of the 3 credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion, provides the most robust data for tenant screening, including credit reports, and criminal records. Hint: It's the only one that has its own national criminal record database.

Screen tenants online at https://realserious.com

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Landlords might just be able to learn something from this video. Since this type of property management news doesn’t occur too often, we like to take a moment to emphasize how important it is to carefully manage a landlord-tenant relationship.

Just around Christmas time of 2021, a female real estate agent visited a house intending to show it as an available listing. She parked in the driveway and waited in her car sitting in the driver’s seat. All of a sudden, a man approached the left side of the vehicle and fired two shots, killing her at the scene.

So you may be wondering: What does this have to do with being a landlord. Well, allegedly, the 50 year old man that approached the car mistakenly thought she was his prior landlord who recently evicted him. This video discusses tips on how to manage your landlord-tenant relationship.

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New York landlords lost another important tenant screening tool. Learn how to screen tenants without violating this part of the NY Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The full effects of this NY law are now being felt in the tenant screening industry as major data providers are no longer purchasing eviction court records effective January 4, 2022.

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Screen tenants at https://tenantbackgroundcheck.com

New Jersey landlords need to know this law before using criminal records to screen prospective tenants. Learn how this new law (S250/A1919) impacts the rental application and tenant screening process by restricting the use of information obtained from conducting a background check.

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Visit the following link from the NJ State Legislature to read the Fair Chance Housing Act https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=S250

If the rent is past due, can interest accrue? We answer this question in the latest American Landlord video about whether or not a landlord may collect interest for each day a tenant is behind in rent.

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Tenant screening services are provided by https://tenantbackgroundcheck.com

California has restrictions on how to use the criminal history of an applicant for tenancy. This video discusses the legislation that went into effect in 2020 that governs what may and may not be considered when denying a prospective tenant.

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Learn if a landlord can be held financially responsible for the actions of a tenant's dog (or any other type of pet).

This video answers the question: Is it possible a landlord can actually be sued by a dog bite victim when they don't even own an animal and a claim filed against their rental property insurance liability?

Learn how much a landlord may charge a tenant for a pet security deposit to protect against property damage.

This video answers: What is the maximum amount a California landlord can collect from a tenant with a dog, cat, or other animals?

Learn about foreclosures that become known as Real Estate Owned properties.

Learn about the standard valuation tool used by real estate investors and agents to determine the sales price of a home. A comparative market analysis should be used by anyone buying or selling a house to estimate its value.

In this video, we answer the question: What are comps?

Learn about the Colorado legislation that imposed restrictions on rental application fees and what type of credit report and criminal record data can be used to screen tenants for apartments and homes.

Read Colorado House Bill 19-1106 here: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1106

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Official tenant background checks are offered at https://tenantbackgroundcheck.com

Learn if landlords can ask prospective tenants for their driver license, passport, military ID, etc. Also, find out if an applicant can refuse to produce identification when applying for tenancy.

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Learn if you should screen your tenants again before renewing a residential lease agreement. This video answers: Is it a good idea to run another credit report and criminal record before tenancy renewal?

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Learn about the 2021 Louisiana law that requires landlords to meet certain requirements if they want to collect an application fee for their rental property.

House Bill No. 374 Act No. 422

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Read a copy of the law here: http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235923