Landlord

Posted from: Real Estate Investing Tips The Landlord I re-stumbled upon a short video yesterday that I’d forgotten about.  When it emerged online last year I remember laughing until my sides hurt, and this time was no different. Apparently the video was shot on a lark in Will Ferrell’s guesthouse during a break in the third birthday party [...]

While property owners can, and do interfere with tenants wanting to sell their small businesses, there are some key steps that a company owner can take to overcome landlord/lady problems. Step 1: Sooner is better than later. Business sellers often tell their brokers that they’d rather wait till a buyer is obtained, before having that conversation with the landlord about assigning the lease. Th

Home owners and real estate professionals are not the only ones hurting while the real estate market plummets to new lows and foreclosure rates skyrocket. Renters are also feeling the brunt of the problem. Many of them, such as Las Vegas’ Marketa Johnson, are being evicted as property changes hands, whether they have [...]

Landlord locks out 167 foreign workers  - Singapore S’pore company allegedly owes $23,500 in rent for Joo Chiat quarters By Alvin Lim and Gabriel Yue  It was after midnight by the time landlord Mohamed Ali (in green) removed the lock and let the workers back in for a night’s rest. He said he resorted to the lockout to [...]

Associated Press - May 16, 2008: Prosecutors say a New York landlord who tried to kill a tenant with a bomb has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges. The tenant lost a leg in the blast. Prosecutors said Thursday that 38-year-old Yung Tang placed the bomb in a bag next to Israel Halberstam’s minivan while [...]

In a case of life imitates art, a San Francisco landlord couple has been charged with felony stalking, burglary, and conspiracy after they allegedly went bonkers trying to evict tenants. The 1990 movie Pacific Heights, also set in San Francisco, starred Matthew Modine and Melanie Griffith as a couple who rent an apartment of their recently [...]

In a case of life imitates art, a San Francisco landlord couple has been charged with felony stalking, burglary, and conspiracy after they allegedly went bonkers trying to evict tenants.The 1990 movie Pacific Heights, also set in San Francisco, starred Matthew Modine and Melanie Griffith as a couple who rent an apartment of their recently renovated dream house to nightmare tenant, Michael Keaton.Read more S.F. Landlord Couple's Bizarre Behavior to Evict Tenant at DBKP.comDeath by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.

There are many different types of landlords out there and this article deals with what I like to call a professional landlord. This type of land lord is very business like about the way he goes about renting houses. In fact he is like this out of necessity. Most professional landlords have [...]

Madison, Wisconsin (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Jordan Gonnering, the 22 year old University of Wisconsin student who found his fiancee murdered in their 1st floor apartment has found aggravation in the last place he should be worrying about. His landlord.On April 2nd, Gonnering walked into the first floor apartment he shared with 21 year old UW -Madison student Britney Sue Zimmerman, to find her murdered. While police have not yet said how Zimmerman was murdered, sources close to the case are saying that it appeared to be stabbing.Gonnering has asked the property management company Wisconsin Management to break the lease which is now a crime scene. Wisconsin Management, who is owned by Russ Endres has thus far been unwilling to budge on the issue. According to the UW Dean of Students Lori

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Landlord Insurance for buy to let investment property is available from a number of different sources and the variety of cover can vary. It is important to know what your landlord insurance policy is covering you and the investment property for. Whether you are buying a property to live in or an investment property to let out, it is probably a large sum of money that you are investing in it. In fact as we all know, property is the biggest investment that many of us make and so it is very important to ensure that your property is fully protected by having the very best landlord insurance.Cheap landlord insurance could be a false economy. The landlord insurance policy you choose should be with a reputable landlord insurance company that has the ability to deal with claims as quickly and as e

Karen Dandurant PORTSMOUTH, NH — Rochester physician Terry Bennett said he rented a city building to people who worked for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign — and skipped town without paying the bill. Making matters worse, Bennett said, the 3,000-square-foot building at 236 Union St. was left trashed. Campaign signs were left lying all over the [...]

I read an interesting article about a Landlord Bozo No No in Panama City Florida the other day...Disclaimer: I have no first hand experience as to the validity of this information.It seems a landlord was having issues with a tenant who was late on rental payments. The landlord confronted the tenant and not being satisfied with the tenants response, the landlord told the tenant a video camera had been placed in the tenants unit and the landlord was in possession of compromising videos of the tenant.The tenant, contacted the police and a 'sting' operation was setup where the tenant would exchange rental payment for the compromising video. As the exchange occured, the tenant handed over payment and the landlord in turn handed over a tape. The landlord was promptly arrested and charged with extortion! As it turned out, the tape was blank and no cameras had been installed in the tenants unit.However...This is very very big Bozo No No! Extortion is illegal and not the proper way to recover

Are you a landlord or a property management agency seeking to collect bounced rent checks or unpaid rent? Landlords and apartment complex owners and managers have several collection choices and some of them are free.From collection lawyers to collection agencies and specialized apartment associations and even District Attorney offices, bad checks can sometimes be collected for FREE. One service that offers a no-fees check collection service for landlords is NorthStar. When a renter bounces a check and the bank it returns it as NSF (non sufficient funds), NorthStar can usually collect the NSF check within 24-60 days. They seek to collect not only the renter’s NSF check, but a fee from the tenant as well. This fee actually funds the NSF check collection service. For information on NorthStar’s free bounced check collection service for landlords, see www.bumchecks.com! NorthStar even accepts existing bounced rent checks for free collection.If the person cannot or will not pay of

By: Keena Beecken Benefits from real estate also sometimes take extra steps and responsibilities. If you are thinking of becoming involved in real estate, then you may also be looking at the job title of landlord. While this is a good way to make an investment and a living, you will want to consider several things before designating yourself to this job. Before beginning the process of becoming a landlord, you will want to make sure that you can profit from it. This means finding the right place for potential tenants and having the ability to market and find the right demographics that you may want in your home. Having the ability to reach out to the right people can help you if you are thinking about renting property to others.If you decide to become a landlord, you will want to make sure that you are made for it. You will want to ask yourself whether you are fit to deal with different personalities from tenants. Paying rent late, taking advantage of the property, and other problems w

Government of India is planning on bringing modified rent control norms in favor of the landlords to address their following concerns: forceful occupation of the property by tenants provision to revise the rent as per the market situation after certain time period The new model will set a “standard rate” which would be the floor rate for a particular area. The central government has instructed the state government of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi to put in place the new model. Source (Economic Times) Technorati tags: Rent Law, standard rate, revised rent law India

Click Here to search all listings in Michigan with pictures and tours - FREE!In a challenging real estate market in Ann Arbor, Michigan, you have to have some humor...Enjoy this video! Kathy Toth & Teamhttp://www.kathytoth.com

I enjoy watching the ebb and flows of the market. It amazes me how everything is connected. For example, mortgage interest rates have inched up over the past couple of years from 4-point-something to now 6.5 or so. And sub-prime mortgages have dried up. In other words, you have to have pretty good credit to buy a house today.Guess what? Not as many people are buying houses these days. Two years ago, as you drove through Rochester streets, there were for rent signs on most every block. Today, that is not the case. I recently listed one rental over in Rochester's 19th Ward. I've had 22 phone calls in the past week and the only advertising I've done is put a sign in the yard. I have five houses for sale currently listed and I've not received 10 calls total on the five properties. I'd say it is a very good time to be a landlord.

KUALA LUMPUR: A landlord who fitted spy cameras in the three bathrooms of a house he rented out to female students has been detained.The cameras were fixed near the fluorescent lamps in the bathrooms at his double-storey house in Taman Bullion Mewah, Jinjang here.One of the students, in her early 20s, who rents the house with 18 others, went to the bathroom, looked up and noticed something strange in the light socket on Saturday.She told her fellow housemates when they returned from college. The girls informed a neighbour who opened the socket and discovered the cameras.The cameras were discovered in the bathrooms of the house (right) on Saturday.A quick check revealed two more cameras in the other bathrooms. The girls made a police report.A police team went to the house and recovered the cameras which were believed to have transmitted the images remotely.The girls called the landlord under the pretext that something was wrong with the house. Police arrested the man when he turned up.S

KUALA LUMPUR: A landlord who fitted spy cameras in the three bathrooms of a house he rented out to female students has been detained.The cameras were fixed near the fluorescent lamps in the bathrooms at his double-storey house in Taman Bullion Mewah, Jinjang here.One of the students, in her early 20s, who rents the house with 18 others, went to the bathroom, looked up and noticed something strange in the light socket on Saturday.She told her fellow housemates when they returned from college. The girls informed a neighbour who opened the socket and discovered the cameras.The cameras were discovered in the bathrooms of the house (right) on Saturday.A quick check revealed two more cameras in the other bathrooms. The girls made a police report.A police team went to the house and recovered the cameras which were believed to have transmitted the images remotely.The girls called the landlord under the pretext that something was wrong with the house. Police arrested the man when he turned up.S

  Will Ferrel (room rentaller) has a problem with his landlord who is just a small kid! Let’s see how Ferrel survives from his mad landlord! haha funny kids video, landlord, will ferrel

Wanted: Landlord to get duped by Internet advertising schemeThe e-mail came not long after Doug Hills of Scottsdale listed a pair of apartments for rent on Craigslist, one of the most popular Internet sites for real estate ads.A chemistry student in England said he was moving to Arizona and wanted to lease Hills' apartment, sight unseen. He said his "financier" would take care of the rent and wanted to know where the money should be sent."I didn't know what they were doing to me. I just knew it was a scam," said Hills, 38, a mortgage broker. "First off, nobody pays like that. . . . I forwarded the e-mail to the FBI."If Hills had taken the bait, a cashier's check likely would have arrived in an amount much higher than the first month's rent and deposit fees.The supposed student would then have called to say the financier had mistakenly included his travel expenses and other funds. Only after paying back the difference would Hills have learned that the check was a forgery, no money h

The place I had rented for two weeks was private in all respects. It was high up towards the top of an ancient village, surrounded by empty land and ruins and concealed by a walled courtyard. Just right for nude sunbathing and wandering around naked. I was taking a year out from college to explore some of the world and had gotten as far as this remote Greek island before deciding to stop for longer than just one night. As soon as I'd got off the ferry I was approached by an army of locals waving signs advertising rooms to rent and it was easy to find one I wanted. I headed straight for the only girl among the touts. Dark haired, slim and with welcoming eyes she asked me quietly if I needed somewhere to stay. She told me it was high up, away from the tourists and that it was cheap. The remoteness sounded inviting to me and I imagined her visiting to make the beds, maybe staying after to unmake them with me too, if you see what I mean.Then she introduced me to her father and she passed

O.K. So I didn't know that Will Ferrell video was going to automatically play when you came to the site. F' that.Instead, enjoy this ridiculous video by Leo Messi scoring a goal that is being compared to Maradona's Goal of the Century.Thought you'd all enjoy this video of an afro'd up Will Ferrell trying to get out of paying his rent ... to his toddler landlord with an alcohol problem. Pretty funny stuff.Did we mention that there isn't much fun sports news today? Other than MARK BUERHLE'S NO HITTER!(The Tip: NBX Sports Blog)

Got another phone call from my PM today. Vacating tenants have moved out as notified, but due to a "family emergency" in NSW left without cleaning or making the repairs they were supposed to. Once again, there are cigarette burns on my 2 year old carpet - this time in the lounge, paint chips off the walls, security screen is busted and needs the lock replaced etc etc etc - total comes to around $1000 worth of repairs. Their bond will cover most of it including brand new carpet and thankfully the girl, who was the good tenant is sending the PM a cheque to cover the remainder, no doubt out of her money, for the damage her boyfriend did. It turns out that the neighbours have had to put up with the unemployed boyfriend sitting around the house all day playing his music really loud and generally being a nuisance. They hardly ever saw her because she worked like 10 hours a day supporting his lazy arse, but apparently she was always lovely and well mannered when she was around. Why these nic

If you are thinking about purchasing real estate and renting it out, you need to become familiar with the process. Even though it may sound relatively easy to become a landlord, there are actually many details that must be tended to in order to be successful.Most importantly, you need to know your rights. As a landlord, there are certain rights that you have, as well as rights that the tenant must follow in order to abide to any lease. A few of them are listed below.1. As a landlord, one of your most important rights is to collect the rent from your tenants by the due date each month. This is an important because without the rent payment, you are essentially letting somebody live in the property for free. Not to mention, you will not make the money you were expecting.2. You also have the ability to inspect the property you are renting as determined on the rental agreement. Of course, this will vary between states, but as a landlord, you are able to inspect your property at pre de

I had a phone call from my property manager yesterday. The tenants in one of my properties are giving notice after only 9 months. It's funny how this particular house has had more tenants than I've had hot dinners in the time I've owned it, and yet my others all have the same tenants that were in when I bought them. I call it the Jinx House, because there is not one single reason I can think of why these tenants keep leaving after 6/9/12 months. And not only is there a continual procession of tenants coming and going, but they all seem to be the destructive kind. I have had to do at least 3 times the maintenance on that property than on any other and each time has been due to the tenant's carelessness ie holes in the walls from door handles when doors slammed, cigarette burns on brand new carpet (tenant had to pay for whole new carpet in that case ha ha), lino in kitchen had to be repaired because tenant couldn't be bothered moving their fridge properly and dragged it across

If you are a landlord or property owner you will no doubt face many challenges when it comes to letting your property or properties. From finding the right tenants (or letting agency) to dealing with tenants queries and a multitude of other issues your time is often at a premium.Here are some tips for landlords along with some answers that many property owners ask on a regular basis about how best you can make sure your properties are protected.What can I do to protect my property?Insurance is available so that in the event of a loss (by an insured event) you will be protected and covered. In order to reduce the chances of a loss you can however take certain steps to help. These include:- Make your property more secure by installing deadlocks on doors and locks on the windows. - Install an alarm system. Many insurers will offer a lower premium because you have lowered the risk of loss through theft. For certain postal areas a minimum level of security will be required.- Remove potentia

These ten rules are an effort to gather the most common do’s and don’ts of the relationship between a landlord and his tenant into a simple code: 1. Never fear a vacancy. Get rid of the bad ones quickly. To submit to a threat is no solution to anything. To accept a hard luck story instead [...]

There are many benefits that a landlord is able to enjoy. However, in order to get these benefits, there are extra steps and responsibilities that you as a landlord must fulfil. Although being a landlord is a good way to make an investment and a living, you will want to consider several things before designating yourself to this job...

There are countless services enabling landlords to create rental agreements online. Understanding the important elements of a rental lease is key. The binding nature and legal implications require that all facts are captured with clarity, to avoid misinterpretations by either of the parties involved. Moreover, the contents of a rental ...

{mosgoogle right}An apartment complex owner, who claims he lost tenants and was forced to pull down the structure after a policeman murdered a female resident, has sued the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that employed the officer.The owner of the apartment complex in Kokubunji, western Tokyo, has recently filed the damages suit with the Hachioji branch of the Tokyo District Court. The amount of com

{mosgoogle right}KAWASAKI -- A man accused of slashing his landlord in a fatal knife attack after being warned for feeding stray cats has been arrested, police said.Arrested was Masao Takada, 69, a resident of Kawasaki. Police said Takada attacked his 76-year-old landlord, Fumiya Katano, with a survival knife in the outer corridor of his apartment in Kawasaki at about 3:40 p.m. Thursday, stabbing