Tenant Arrested or Conducting Illegal Activity from the Rental Property – What Can the Landlord Do?
“Rental agents face unique challenges when tenants are arrested or engage in illegal activity—Ismaiel Mohamed shares actionable insights and legal strategies to navigate these complex situations effectively.”
3 Tips & Tools to De-Stress Month-End by Managing the Exit Process Better with Clearly Explained Expectations and Consistent, Clear, Comprehensive Communication for the Exiting Tenant/s and the Landlord/s
How often do you have to run around under pressure at month-end getting cleaners and contractors in at short notice to get a vacated property up to standard for a new tenant to move in the next day? And then (to top it all off!) you still have to deal with deposit disbursement disputes over […]
Rentals in Lockdown #4 (Mar/Apr 2020) | Can You or Can’t You Use the Deposit During the Term of the Lease Agreement, with the agreement of both parties?
I think it’s common knowledge that the Rental Housing Act, requires that the tenant/s deposit be invested in an interest bearing account in terms of the RHA. To be specific, in subsection 5(3) the RHA states as follows: (c) the landlord may require a tenant, before moving into the dwelling, to pay a deposit which, […]
Rental Best Practice: Rental Deposits
In this articles I explain what I believe to be the rental best practices that should be employed when dealing with the all-important rental deposit – the only security the landlord holds in terms of the lease.
Spotlight On: Rental Deposits
It’s absolutely essential that rental agents have a good understanding of what you can and can’t do with a rental deposit. In this article I summarise all the deposit requirements required under the Rental Housing Act.