As a landlord or property manager, looking to foster a successful business relationship with tenants, it’s essential to build trust, and this can only be done via open and effective communication. Whenever money, valuables, assets and legalities are involved, tensions can be high and entering into a long term transactional relationship can quickly turn sour […]
How Rental Deposits Should Be Handled
Renting your property can be a rewarding return on investment and making sure your agreements are set out in a way that both parties fully understand their roles and commitments is essential to ensure a smooth relationship between tenants and landlords. One potential pitful that often causes distress in this relationship is how a tenant’s deposit […]
What To Do When Your Landlord Locks You Out: Mandament van Spolie
The relationship between any landlord and tenant should reasonably aim to keep an open channel of effective communication between the parties and to be proactive in both exercising their respective rights and attending to their obligations as set out in the lease. This is not always the case, and sometimes when tempers boil over, impulsive […]
Steps To Take Before You Cannot Pay The Rent
Life is unpredictable and many of us never really think of financial difficulties and economic downturn being a possibility or how to prepare for it. So when the economy moves into a recession things can get tough pretty quickly and one needs to analyse expenditures to make sure all basic necessities are covered. One of […]
When A Landlord Should Start The Eviction Process
Renting property can be an enjoyable and profitable exercise for many landlords, but it won’t always be smooth sailing and there are going to be times where you are faced with tough decisions. Hopefully, you always find reliable tenants and you can avoid the pain of mediation. Some landlords, however, will be faced a situation where […]