Angella's Real Estate Secrets & Insider Tips

Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009

Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act came into effect in May 2009, provides protection for tenants, including tenants in housing subsidized by Section 8, who are living in homes subject to foreclosure.

Highlights: Under the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act:

All tenants must receive a 90-day notice before being evicted as the result of a [...]

Tenant Screening – Things Tenants Won’t Tell You! (Part 5 of 5)

Tenant screening can sometimes be very time consuming if you do a thorough job of it, but it’s well worth your time if it prevents you from having to evict your renters in the future.   Don’t misunderstand me – most applicants I’ve encountered are great and honorable people, but sometimes you come across a bad apple [...]

Tenant Screening – How Messy Are They? (Part 4 of 5)

Tenant screening can be very time consuming if you do a thorough job of it, but it’s well worth your time if it prevents you from having to evict your renters in the future.   Don’t misunderstand me – most applicants I’ve encountered are great and honorable people, but sometimes you come across a bad apple that [...]

Tenant Screening – Lies About Employment & Salary! (Part 3 of 5)

Tenant screening can be very time consuming if you do a thorough job of it, but it’s well worth your time if it prevents you from having to evict your renters in the future.   Don’t misunderstand me – most applicants I’ve encountered are great and honorable people, but sometimes you come across a bad apple that [...]

Tenant Screening – Track Down the REAL Landlord! (Part 2 of 5)

Tenant screening can be very time consuming if you do a thorough job of it, but it’s well worth your time if it prevents you from having to evict your renters in the future.   Don’t misunderstand me – most applicants I’ve encountered are great and honorable people, but sometimes you come across a bad apple [...]

Tenant Screening – Don’t Let Them Lie To You! (Part 1 of 5)

Tenant Screening, and how it is done, will either make you or break you as a landlord.  Properly screening potential renters means solid tenants, and cashflow, throughout the years.   Not  doing a good job of screening applications could mean evictions, negative cashflow, and  damaged property to deal with.
For one thing, I never admit [...]

Landlord Tenant Relationship – “Hard-Nosed” Landlording: Keep Your Tenants In Line

Landlord tenant relationship can be difficult or easy – it’s totally up to you, the landlord.  One way to make it easy on yourself is to set expectations up front.  As I had mentioned in one of my comments, I manage my own single family homes and condos within a 400 mile radius.  Yes, you [...]