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Opinion: tools for landlords to help low-income tenants

Housing Wire

The federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a powerful tool to help low-income families find apartments they can afford, but the program isn’t reaching its potential because far too few landlords participate in it. Why don’t landlords participate? The challenge at hand is ripe for bipartisan action. million households.

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Why it’s time for the housing industry to get serious about climate risk

Housing Wire

These losses – both insured and uninsured – have traditionally been borne by homeowners, renters, landlords, builders, and property & casualty insurance companies. property inspections) allowing them to restart their origination pipelines much sooner and continue to close loans without delay.

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How to minimize tenant turnover using online property management tools

Housing Wire

This can then lead to them looking more closely at property inspection reports and wanting to negotiate a lower sales price if they still want to purchase the property. Using a cloud-based rental management tool helps you receive payments and rental applications online, and advertise your properties. Marketing Your Listings.

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Warehouse Space in Columbus, Ohio: 17 Actionable Steps to Find, Lease & Organize Your Next Hub

The Robert Weiler Company

Ask your current landlord. If you’re currently renting warehouse space and looking for additional units elsewhere or simply seeking an upgrade, speak with your current landlord, first. Next visit commercial real estate listing sites such as Crexi, LoopNet, PropertyShark, 42Floors, CityFeet; use their search tools to narrow the results.

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7 best real estate schools in Massachusetts for 2024

Housing Wire

Students chose the school for its offering of live instruction classes for salespersons, brokers, appraisers, mortgage, and home inspection courses at various locations and convenient times, including weekend classes. Mon – Sun access.

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Inheriting A House? Here Are Your Options

Quicken Loans

Converting the home into a rental , for example, may seem like a great way to profit off the home without selling it, but managing landlord responsibilities is no simple feat – especially if you’ve never managed rental properties before. Step Up In Basis. Any decorative or nonessential improvements are at your discretion. Co-Inheritance.

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12 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Agent

PennyMac

What marketing tools will you use to help me? You may not think that you will need marketing tools as a buyer, but in a competitive market, your agent should have innovative ideas for finding deals, and may even need to help “sell” you, such as in situations with multiple offers. Check out the agent’s social media pages.