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Crisis management in real estate: 8 tips for handling difficult situations

Housing Wire

Legal disputes. Address other important items, including relevant contact information for support professionals, such as legal counsel, insurance providers and emergency services. Tenants and clients who can access an online platform to get a rapid response are more inclined to stick with you during a crisis. Even better?

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

Housing Wire

The app also lists any local laws protecting renters who use veteran’s benefits or Social Security insurance payments to pay their rent. The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions.

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Federal agency members voice support for new CRA rules 

Housing Wire

The following day, Martin Gruenberg, chairman at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Kevin Stein, chief of legal and strategy at Rise Economy, said during the same session that the new CRA rules ignore some relevant topics.

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Knox Financial announces $10 million in Series A funding

Housing Wire

Knox automates and oversees a property’s finances and taxes, insurance, leasing and legal, tenant and property care, banking, and bill pay. Knox oversees a portfolio of more than $100 million in investment properties, and was named one of HousingWire’s 2021 Tech100 companies.

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8 Essential Steps on How to Rent Out Your House: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide

Movoto

Even when renting to most easy-going tenants, things can happen. Screen Tenants Thoroughly Knowing the logistics of how to rent out your house is one thing, but finding a responsible tenant is a crucial next step – and it all starts with good screening. But prioritizing qualified tenants shouldn’t slow you down.

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How to Find a Property Manager Company in Ohio

The Robert Weiler Company

Hiring the wrong property manager can result in missed rent, vacancies, poor maintenance, tenant dissatisfaction, and financial loss. A property manager is a liaison between the property owner and tenants, staff, or contractors. The objective of a property manager is to run the operation smoothly while maintaining tenant satisfaction.

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

The Robert Weiler Company

LawDepot™ explains a sublease as, “… a legally binding contract between a tenant and a new tenant… The sublease gives the subtenant the right to share or to take over the rented premises from the first tenant.” Conduct due diligence on the tenant you’re subleasing from as well as their landlord.

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