Guest or Tenant? How to Create and Enforce Your Guest Policy

When I was a landlord, I liked to do a little extra for new tenants moving in. I'd leave a roll of paper towels and...

Sometimes we visit homes of the people we care about and see just way too much stuff. It would feel so much nicer to bring...

When a tenant goes to jail, their landlord ends up in a sticky situation. Many landlords make the mistake of promptly changing the locks on...

These days, landlords and property managers are often content to assess a potential tenant based only on the renter's credit score and income. However, just...

My tenant says my rental condo has a bedbug infestation, which the property manager confirms. There were no bedbugs when the tenant moved in two...

I'm in the process of filing for an eviction of a problem tenant. However, over the weekend, she informed me that she had just filed...

Veteran landlords agree: Quality tenants are the key to long-term profitability. Many landlords have suffered the consequences when they cut a questionable applicant some slack...

Your lease agreement sets the tone for your relationship with your tenants, acting as both a legal contract and a point of reference. As such,...

Evictions can be tricky: One wrong move, and you can wind up making embarrassing or costly mistakes that delay the eviction and disrupt your income...

On September 24, 2010, a fire broke out in a 24-story, 712-unit apartment building in Toronto, Canada. It started in a unit belonging to a...