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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Property Management Tip - Properly Informing Tenants

Whenever you have announcements, notices, memos and the like that you would have to give to your tenants, there are various ways to do it. If you own an apartment complex and you want to inform your tenants of trivial things such as changes in the housekeeping schedule, new information about managing garbage in the building and such, you can post it in a bulletin board near your office, preferably where people can see them. You can also have your property manager give leaflets of the information to the tenants.

However, sometimes, new rules are imposed by the owner or the property manager, like curfew for example. You must remember that if you want a new rule to be imposed, you must inform your tenants and tell them the reason why such change is going to be imposed.

On the case of our example, which is curfew, you can tell your tenants that it is for their safety and the safety of the whole property. During your contract signing, you and your tenant talked about specific house rules and agreed upon them. Know your tenants opinion. Although you have the right to make changes, to avoid problems between you and your tenant, inform him properly. You may also have to get the signature of your tenants for such cases, just to show that he or she attests that she has been informed of the changes and that she will abide by them.

When sending a notice, the property owner must input the details such as the current date, when the change will commence, specifications and details of the notice and of course, your name.

Nonetheless, there are times that you cannot just put something in paper and force your tenant to sign. There are many notices that are bound by the law. One example would be the notice of eviction. If your tenant fails to pay on time, you cannot just evict him immediately. With these instances, it would be best to seek legal advice; hence hiring a lawyer to help you with your legal actions regarding your property is essential. Going back to our example - the notice of eviction - you cannot just make one on your own because it may be legally insufficient.

What if you send him a notice of eviction that you yourself have made and then you try to evict him by getting an eviction order? You get confident because you think you did your part right, only to find out that the court will not accept the notice of eviction that you have sent. There are certain guidelines in creating such important documents, and property owners that are just beginners cannot do them alone. It's better to be safe and sure. You don't want to lose your whole property because of a single mistake, right?

[Wolfgang_O]

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