May 28, 2011 - The best way to get good tenants is to start out with getting your property to the right standard and finish. Here are some things you may want to consider.It is recommended landlords start with a clean canvas then combine quality fittings and appliances with furnishings (where needed) and decor. The idea is to let the prospective tenant see themselves in the property and feel it is their home.Bathrooms and kitchens are very, if not the most important rooms in any property so make these a priority. When it comes to your bathroom, consider the lifestyle of your target market. Tenants generally...
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January 28, 2012 - Making use of professional services can really enhance your investment in a rental property. One of the most important ones is the property management company that you hand over the main operations and obligations to. There are many different areas that they will tend to so that you can be sure that you are getting the most from your investment. When the economy is tough, it can be difficult not only in getting good tenants, but any tenants. Economics really dictate the living atmosphere for many. Individuals that have no source of income are forced into living in poor conditions. Then...
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May 26, 2011 - Being a landlord over the years, I'm often sought out by friends and family on advice for managing rentals, especially now since its so difficult to sell and many are looking to rent out their own homes.The first question to ask yourself is if you are looking to manage the property yourself or if you are interested in hiring a property manager. If hiring a manager, the selection process that goes into this could involve an entirely separate article in and of itself. However, I'd like to offer some helpful tips that would help out any potential or active landlords in simplifying the process if...
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April 28, 2011 - Content insurance for tenants is an insurance that covers your personal property and belongings when you're not the owner of your home, apartment, condo, or other living quarters. This type of insurance protects your property from loss, damage, or destruction caused by fire, flood, theft, etc.Should You Get This Kind of Insurance Protection?You might think that it is not necessary to insure your personal belongings, but you just don't know how valuable it is until you experience a loss. You can never predict disasters and how much damage and loss it can bring to your property, personal items...
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April 29, 2011 - Landlord Pitfalls To Avoid Not Checking or Screening TenantsThey seemed so nice at first: We have all read the horror stories that go along with not screening tenants before letting to them. Someone fails to pay rent. Someone must be evicted. Someone starts to cause nuisance to neighbours or worst case scenario, someone starts illegal activity at your property. Yet again and again, landlords agree to let to tenants without thoroughly screening them or checking out their past histories.This is one of the most common mistakes that landlords, especially new ones, make. A potential tenant seems...
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April 30, 2011 - A shopping centre is a special type of property investment that must be well managed and leased. It is closely integrated to the community and serving the customer. If it does not achieve that, then the property fails and the landlord loses money. This is where lease management and tenant mix are critical to the leasing success in a retail property.Poorly constructed leases and inexperienced tenants in a retail property are like a cancer on property performance. It can drag the property back for years. Careful choices are required. So let's look at that.In a shopping centre the property...
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April 28, 2011 - In commercial property you are always on the lookout for tenants that will move to your vacant lease listings. Attracting tenants to make the move is a key part of the leasing operative's skill base. Here is a leasing fact that needs to be put in perspective and then prepared for if you are a leasing operative.Plain and simply the tenants will resist moving to another property. They will do everything to remain where they are currently located. This gives the existing landlord and property manager an advantage in tenant retention. If you are the real estate agent with the vacant property then...
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July 22, 2011 - The tenants in commercial and retail property should not be forgotten in the property management and leasing process. Do so at your peril!After the lease is in place, ongoing contact and support of tenant occupation is critical to the performance of the property. Without the tenant stability, the landlord's cash flow is threatened and the property as an investment could then underperform.Your tenant base and tenant mix in the property have to be protected at all times. Tenants are the foundation of the property investment process.When tenants are in building or part of building occupation...
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April 28, 2011 - Tenant turnover is something that can't be helped. It happens very often because at a certain point in time tenants leave. The key is to control the rate of vacancy in the rental units. It is important to keep it at a minimum so one's property rental business does not end up losing money. Hence, when controlling the rate of available apartments for rent it is important to note a few vital points.Firstly, pay attention to your surroundings to lower your rate of vacancy. Know what your rental units need in terms of improvement and repairs. This is crucial because residents often choose a home...
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May 25, 2011 - When you are considering how to rent out houses or rooms one of the first considerations will be the rental price you're going to charge. It is also the first criteria potential tenants will consider when they look at your ad so you need to get it right.If you bought a property with renting it in mind then, so long as you did your homework correctly, you should already know what you'll be able to charge. If you're just starting to look at pricing, research is the key, don't guess.Finding out what you should be charging can be fairly easy depending on whether or not other people in your area...
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May 26, 2011 - Being a real estate investor and to deal with the tenants when you are renting your property or home requires much skills and strategies. If you want to be a good real estate investor and want to earn good profits by renting your home you need to be a good landlord. Undoubtedly tenants require that they do not get into any trouble in future regarding the various issues that can take place in dealing.Today real estate investment and property dealing business is booming like never before. More and more people who have hard cash to invest prefer t invest in property (commercial or residential)....
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April 26, 2011 - When you purchase and own investment property, your utmost concern is to keep the property filled with tenants willing to pay you rent for the opportunity to occupy space in your building. Of course the key is to have occupants willing to pay you a favorable enough rent for you to generate a cash flow and rate of return; it does little for your bottom line just to have renters if it means losing money.Okay, so the challenge facing real estate investors is first, to draw tenants to their rental property, and secondly, to collect as much rent as possible to make the investment profitable. Here...
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April 29, 2011 - In today's ever evolving society, there are many factors you must consider in order to find a tenant that is going to meet your leasing standards. Factors such as prospective tenant's prior credit, background/criminal history, and prior rental history should be examined closely. There are several background screening techniques that can be used. Most of them can be expedited and accessible to you within minutes. Let's look into some of these key steps you can take to ensure your safety when renting your home. The most important things to look into are:1.) Credit Check: A lot of landlords make...
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May 3, 2011 - Those who find themselves suddenly with more than one home are often perplexed as to what to do with it. The housing market may be completely deflated so selling it is not really an option. Renting it may be the next best thing but this takes some time and effort to sort out for sure. Since most of us are new to this kind of world, it may be wise to use a property management company to deal with the tenants. These companies are there to make life easier, at a fee of course, but the owner usually regains these payments quite easily.The first thing that a new owner will do is to set the rent...
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May 24, 2011 - I was signing a lease with a Charlotte Section 8 tenant (the government subsidized rental program) a year or two ago and asked her if she liked the Section 8 program. She smiled and said, "Yeah, it's a pretty good deal." I laughed; when the government is willing to pay some (or all) of your rent, I guess it would be tough to answer any other way!So, it's a good deal for tenants. But is it a good deal for landlords?I only have limited space, but here are the most pertinent and succinct pieces of advice I can offer to landlords to determine whether allowing Section 8 tenants to rent your...
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May 25, 2011 - If you are a landlord you may be one of the many who want to be considered a good landlord by your tenants. Landlords don't always have the best image and that may be down in part to the media portrayal, or perhaps due to a minority of truly awful landlords who rent property.The key to being a good landlord is to remember that you are running a business and your tenant is your customer. They should be treated with respect at all times.However, the waters of this relationship can be muddied when you consider that there are considerable property investments, large sums of money and all the...
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May 25, 2011 - We all know them: The tenants from you know where. Making the right decision on whether a tenant lives in your property is absolutely crucial to your success as a landlord. Make the wrong decision and your life (and your pocketbook) will be miserable. But guess what? There is one question, if asked, will give you a huge success rate in picking a good tenant.Run a criminal background check on each and every applicant who will live in the property. Someone who has had problems with the law will bring those problems with them wherever they move. (Many times, these problems are the very reason...
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May 25, 2011 - A good tenant is one who meets all his obligations under a tenancy contract and fully abides by the laws. In this regard payment of rent without any delay, being polite with your landlord, good dealing with the neighbors, protecting the property of landlord and avoidance of putting the pressure of whole cost of repair and maintenance on the landlord etc are some valuable points that can surely turn a person in becoming a good tenant.RERA laws regarding Dubai rentals favor the tenant mostly and all the rights and duties of a tenant are already prescribed by the law. Everyone knows a good tenant...
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April 27, 2011 - In today's economy, many landlords are resorting to different ways of checking out their prospective tenants. One of the most common ways of checking out a possible tenant is to run a credit check. A credit check can help the landlord see whether applicants have a good credit history and whether they are a risk as a tenant in their rental property.Most landlords utilize a credit score or credit history to determine whether a prospective tenant will pay the rent on time. Some landlord utilize a traditional analysis of a credit score to determine an applicants risk level while others utilize the...
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September 21, 2011 - Marketing a shopping centre is done for one of three reasons. They are: To attract customers to the property To attract new tenants to the property To attract existing tenants to stay in the property Given the different lifecycles of the shopping centre, the factors of marketing will be separate and unique. Let's look at them some more.First and foremost you have to attract customers to the retail property. Without customers nothing will work and the property will fail. The marketing of the shopping centre at this level has to be closely aligned to the needs of the customer and what they...
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