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Did you know... Insurance For Owners Owners of rental properties should have a landlord insurance policy rather than a homeowners’ insurance policy.  A landlord insurance policy will cover the rental property, including fixtures, but will not include the furnishings.  It also includes liability insurance.  The lease should require the tenant to have a renter’s insurance policy, which would provide coverage for […]
Did you know... What happens when… In the State of Washington, if a tenant is not complying with a term of the lease, the tenant can be served with a Ten Day Notice to Comply.  This notice is given to a tenant who is violating a term of the lease, for example, to a tenant who has an unauthorized pet on […]
Did you know... single-family rental homes is the fastest growing housing option in America A recent National Survey of Renters by the Opinion Research Corporation* found that single-family rental homes is the fastest growing housing option in America?  The survey found that 52% of all rental buildings in America are single-family homes, housing 27% of all renters.  The survey also discovered that half of all renters (52%), including 60% of single family […]
Did you know... Keys to the rental property – BEWARE! WHO SECURES THE KEYS? The State of Washington just passed a change to the Landlord Tenant Act requiring that landlords, “Maintain and safeguard with reasonable care any master key or duplicate keys to the dwelling unit.”  The change is the result of a criminal case where an onsite maintenance worker brutally attacked a woman after […]
Did you know... Be Careful!  A rental property is sold subject to the terms of the lease.  The terms of the lease cannot be changed until the lease term has been completed, unless all parties to the lease agree in writing  to amend the existing agreement.  If there is no written lease agreement, then the tenant is on a month-to-month rental agreement and a […]
Did you know... ACLU files suit on behalf of woman denied rental over 1995 drug conviction | Local News | The Seattle Times ACLU files suit on behalf of woman denied rental over 1995 drug conviction | Local News | The Seattle Times.
Did you know... Renting v. Buying Based on Zillow’s metric that calculates when buying or renting is more financially advantageous, renters have the edge in several major cities?  The calculation compares the net costs of buying a house with the costs of renting the same home.  Per Zillow’s “breakeven horizon metric” it takes 4.3 years on average to break even in […]
Did you know... Why renters are still driving America’s building boom Why renters are still driving America’s building boom RENTERS DRIVE THE HOUSING BOOM!
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Uncategorized Section 8 – Kirkland, Washington The city of Kirkland has passed a regulation making participation in the Section 8 program a protected class.  The regulation is in effect as of March 25, 2013. Tenants in the Section 8 program cannot be denied housing just because they have a Housing Choice Voucher in the cities of Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Renton, and […]
Uncategorized Rental Homes – The new normal? A recent National Survey of Renters by the Opinion Research Corporation* found that single-family rental homes is the fastest growing housing option in America?  The survey found that 52% of all rental buildings in America are single-family homes, housing 27% of all renters. The survey also discovered that half of all renters (52%), including 60% of single family […]
Did you know... Practitioner Dismissed From Fair Housing Lawsuit | Realtor Magazine – A MUST READ! Practitioner Dismissed From Fair Housing Lawsuit | Realtor Magazine.  
Did you know... Single Family Rentals Sky Rocket | NewsGeni.us Single Family Rentals Sky Rocket | NewsGeni.us.
Uncategorized Mobile Homes in Washington Landlords and tenants of mobile home lot rentals are subject to the rules of the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act. (RCW 59.20) It’s a separate act and has some significant differences. For instance, on a residential lease the tenant must be given three days to pay past due rent after being given an eviction notice. In […]
Uncategorized Mobile Homes in Washington Landlords and tenants of mobile home lot rentals are subject to the rules of the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act. (RCW 59.20) It’s a separate act and has some significant differences. For instance, on a residential lease the tenant must be given three days to pay past due rent after being given an eviction notice. In […]
Uncategorized PAY ATTENTION! If a Fair Housing complaint is filed alleging that a prospective tenant was discriminated against, the burden of proof is on the landlord to show that the same criteria were used for all applicants?  The story below conveys the importance of careful and detailed records. ” We had an applicant we did NOT turn down because […]
Uncategorized Section 8 Housing The city of Kirkland is considering making participation in the Section 8 program a protected class?  In the cities of Seattle, Bellevue and Renton, and unincorporated King County, fair housing laws already protect those who participate in the Section 8 program from being denied housing just because they have a Housing Choice Voucher. What are […]
Uncategorized Count the days! Just as in Washington State Purchase and Sales Agreements, days are counted differently in rental agreements?  Here are the most common examples: 3 Day Pay Rent or Vacate Notice – the day the notice is delivered isn’t counted, nor are weekends and holidays.  (If the notice is served on Thursday, Friday is day one, Monday […]
Uncategorized Changing the lease terms A landlord cannot legally change the rules of tenancy in the middle of a lease?  During the lease, terms and conditions may only be changed by mutual agreement of the landlord and tenant. At the end of the lease or in a month-to-month rental agreement, the landlord can change the rules – including a rent […]
Uncategorized Lease Termination A lease or rental agreement may be terminated before the end of the agreement for a variety of reasons, including not paying rent, seriously damaging the property (waste), seriously interfering with the rights of other tenants (nuisance), conducting an illegal business on the property, or violating an important rule or regulation.   In all instances proper […]
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