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When I talk to new and seasoned landlords alike, one of the topics we invariably land on is the importance of tenant screening. In fact, in full disclosure, I now operate a company that provides free ...

Landlords and tenants often accept the tenant screening process as a formality. But there’s a hidden set of processes that work behind the scenes to create the neatly formatted PDFs landlords rely on ...

Feb. 12—A new law regulating tenant screening fees, in an effort to protect renters and provide more transparency in the rental application process, will take effect May 1. A new law regulating tenant ...

Perhaps the most underappreciated art in the rental-housing industry is that of simple communication. A majority of unpleasant issues faced by landlords and tenants seem to sprout from the soil of ...

KAHULUI–As of May 1, a new law governing tenant screening fees was put in motion to help protect renters and promote transparency in the rental application process. Enacted as Act 200 (SLH 2023) and ...

No amount of remorse or hard work, it seems, will offset for many landlords Artiste Mayfield's criminal past. She's got a degree and a job, and an apartment at a building for recovering addicts. She's ...

Minneapolis landlords will face new limits on their ability to reject tenants because of their criminal history, past evictions or credit scores under a new ordinance that passed the City Council ...