Entering your Rental Property

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It’s your property, right? So you should be able to enter whenever you want. Wrong! If you’re renting property to someone else you give up the right to use that property whenever you want for whatever purposes you want and in return, you get a little (or a lot) of extra income. But your tenants also gain some rights when they rent your property, one is the assumption that you will not enter their living quarters without permission or proper notice, unless, of course, there is an emergency. Even if you’re attending to a maintenance issue that was raised by the tenant, you still have to give them notice, usually at least 24-hours in advance, that you will be entering the property. As previously mentioned, you can enter the premises if there is an emergency, such as a fire or a major leak, without giving your tenant prior notice. If you do have such a situation, be sure to document the incident, save any proof or receipts from the repair, and notify the tenant as soon as possible. This will help prevent you from any future litigation and will keep the peace in your rental unit.

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This entry was posted on Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 4:15 am and is filed under Rental Property Management. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.