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Blog Post What should be in a residential lease agreement

What should be in a residential lease agreement

If you own a rental, the lease is the only thing standing between a normal tenancy and an expensive argument. A lot of owners grab a template or a free landlord tips Mesa Arizona PDF, fill in the rent, and move on. Then a tenant brings in an extra roommate, or a deposit dispute l...
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Blog Post Landlord-Tenant Law in Arizona: What Property Owners Need to Know

Landlord-Tenant Law in Arizona: What Property Owners Need to Know

Most rental owners in Mesa didn't plan to become part-time legal researchers. You bought a house, inherited one, or picked up a few doors as an investment. Now you're answering to a statute full of deadlines.Arizona's landlord-tenant rules are fairly clear once you se...
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Blog Post Rental Property Financial Management: What Every Owner Should Be Tracking

Rental Property Financial Management: What Every Owner Should Be Tracking

Most rental owners can tell you what the tenant pays each month. Fewer can tell you what the property actually earned last year.If you own a single-family home, a townhome or a small multi-family in the East Valley, this is for you. Maybe you self-manage with a spreadsheet. Maybe...
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Blog Post What to look for in tenant references

What to look for in tenant references

You have an application in front of you. The income lines up, the credit looks decent, and there's a name and phone number in the box marked "previous landlord." Plenty of owners glance at it and move on.That's a mistake, and it's an easy one to make when yo...
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Blog Post Move-In and Move-Out Guide for Landlords: Protect Your Property and Your Deposit

Move-In and Move-Out Guide for Landlords: Protect Your Property and Your Deposit

Most landlords think the security deposit is what protects them. Do the math, collect first month's rent, hand over the keys, and you're covered. Right?Not exactly.We've worked with dozens of owners over the past 25 years who found out the hard way that a deposit is o...
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Blog Post The Eviction Process for Landlords in Arizona: A Step-by-Step Guide

The Eviction Process for Landlords in Arizona: A Step-by-Step Guide

Nobody gets into rental property ownership hoping to evict someone. But if you manage rentals long enough in Maricopa County, you'll eventually face a tenant who stops paying, brings in unauthorized occupants, or leaves the place looking like a crime scene. And when that day ...
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Blog Post How to check rental history and contact previous landlords

How to check rental history and contact previous landlords

You've got a solid applicant in front of you. Good credit score, steady income, pleasant in person. It's tempting to just say yes and move on.But here's what we've seen after 25 years managing rentals across the East and West Valley: the credit report doesn't ...
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Blog Post How to verify income and employment for rental applicants

How to verify income and employment for rental applicants

Most landlords know they're supposed to verify income. The part that trips them up is how to actually do it well, what documentation to ask for, how to read what they get back, and what to do when the numbers don't quite add up.We've spent 25 years managing rentals ac...
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Blog Post What does a credit check show landlords (and what score is good enough)

What does a credit check show landlords (and what score is good enough)

You've got a prospective tenant. They seem great on the phone. Steady job, polite, moved quickly on the showing. Now you're staring at a credit report and wondering what any of it actually means for your rental.This one is for the owner who's tired of guessing. We'...
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Blog Post How to run a background check on a rental applicant

How to run a background check on a rental applicant

Most landlords know they're supposed to run a background check. What fewer realize is how easy it is to run one and still approve the wrong tenant.A credit pull, a quick scan, and a gut feeling? That's not screening. That's hoping. And in Maricopa County, hope is not ...
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