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09/11/08 5 Tips to Help Make Your Rental Property Business a Success The downturn in the residential real estate market has created a burgeoning market for rental properties.

09/07/08 Rent payments on time avoid stress, penalty While a grace period for rent payment is common in most tenant-landlord relationships, there is no legal requirement that the landlord must offer one.

09/5/08 Buying vs. Renting Whether you decide to rent or buy, either choice comes with its own rewards and risks.

08/31/08 Stuck with a month-to-month lease If you decide you want to move, you should give your landlord a 30-day written notice of termination of your tenancy.

08/30/08 The Luck of the Landlords Supply of Available Rental Homes Is Rising As the credit crisis and rising foreclosure rates continue to batter the housing market, more people who were hoping to sell a home have instead been informally renting or subleasing rooms, houses, townhouses or condominium units.

08/21/08 Buying Or Renting? Make Most Of Economy If you're looking to move into a house, but don't want to commit yourself to a mortgage payment, renting might be a better option for your lifestyle and your pocketbook, plus it also gives you flexibility to save money.

08/28/08 The Vacation-Home Dilemma The soft economy may be prompting thoughts of dumping that second home, but there are plenty of reasons to consider renting it out instead.

08/26/08 Renting vs. Buying a Home At a time when the housing market is in constant flux, are you better off paying a mortgage, or paying rent?

08/26/08 As homeownership rates fall, apartment rentals are soaring. Currently the U.S. has roughly 85 million renters in 35 million units. In 2007, the number of apartment units increased by 1.5 million, the largest annual increase since at least 1965

08/23/08 Rent increases must come in person or by mail For month-to-month tenancies, rent-increase notices can be served in two ways: by handing it to the tenant or by mailing it, first-class postage, to the tenant's address.

08/20/08 Apartment Buildings Lose Their Immunity  To Housing's Chill The one downside of the housing crisis for apartment owners has been the "shadow market," made up of unsold homes that owners have put on the rental market.