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The intelligence, intuition and emotional connection displayed by trained service animals is remarkable. Service animals have been known to predict impending seizures, perform complex household tasks, protect their companions from oncoming traffic and even provide a calming influence for sufferers of autism or post-traumatic stress disorder. Registered service animals, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, are limited to canines and miniatures horses, and are required to endure months of rigorous training to qualify for a service role. In contrast, emotional support animals, or ESAs, may be untrained members of almost any animal species who are said to provide some... Read more
(CNSNews.com) – As President Obama commutes the sentences of more and more prisoners, his Justice Department intends to make it harder for landlords to deny...
Have you ever had a husband and wife apply for your rental? Or perhaps two or three friends? With AAOA you used to have to place a separate order for each individual,...
Your most important decision that will determine the success or failure of your rental is the person you put in the property. A bad tenant can potentially cause years of...
Much like the homebuying process, renting an apartment is no longer restricted to scanning the newspaper for printed listings or driving around searching for signs....
In ultra-competitive rental markets, some renters are going to extremes to snag (and keep) the apartment they want: paying a full year’s rent in advance, delivering their application with a bottle of wine, or offering to paint the walls and replace the cruddy carpet on their dime. But this isn’t the new normal just for New York, NY, rentals: In tight markets around the country, from San Francisco, CA, to Washington, DC, renters are going the extra mile to land their dream place. “Tenants are paying as much as what a down payment could be on a home,” says Nadine Fallon, partner and broker in Great Spaces Real Estate in Boston, MA. “When you factor... Read more
Question: How can I manage a troublesome tenant living in my investment property?Answer: By Carolyn Parrella, Executive Manager, Terri Scheer InsuranceAttracting the...
I’ve been a landlord for what seems forever and I’ve been helping other landlords with their problem tenants for almost as long and it’s given me a ton of insight...
When you receive an application from a potential tenant, do you know how to recognize if that tenant will be a good (or bad) option? Here is a step-by-step process you...
Many people choose not to rent out their property here in Seward because they are scared about getting a bad renter. In our line of work as property managers, we have...
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