The Lease No matter where you are, we always recommend you use the lease from your state’s board of realtors. Sometimes, you may have multiple boards of realtors in a state, so whatever board your...

Security Deposits We’re going to start with security deposits. This is a very hot topic. There are some federal guidelines. The landlord-tenant law—the primary body of law—came out, I believe in...

Discrimination and Compliance There is a Federal law that comes from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which has to do specifically with fair housing. Within fair housing, they have what they call the...

Charitable Organizations Charitable organizations are not the same as a government program. Charitable organizations, as we look at them here, are typically private institutions. In other words,...

Section 8 Tenants When I first got started in this business, I did take on Section 8 tenants, not right away, but after the first year. It worked out very well. In fact, over the lifetime of all the...

Reviewing the Tenant Application On the actual rental application, everybody who’s age 18 or over should provide their name, social security number, and telephone number. On this rental application,...

Showing Rental Properties I never make individual appointments to show rental properties. This is really important and I want you to grasp this and make it your own. I learned to set up showings on...

Screening Tenants When someone first calls you, obviously you want to build rapport. Get their name because you want to refer to people by their name. Before jumping into the business, always start...

Attracting the Right Tenants The goal is to advertise units when ready to be shown. A unit must be completely done before advertising or showing. What that means is the unit must be completely...