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Landlord/Tenant law: Reducing Your Pain

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You can't eliminate all of your tenant headaches, but you can go a long way toward making your life easier by:

  • a. Keeping your premises in good repair at all times;
  • b. Encouraging your tenants to submit written complaints;
  • c. Acting diligently to investigate and correct all tenant complaints;
  • d. Evicting problem tenants early in the game before the problems get out of hand. Bad tenant behavior is infectious;
  • e. Properly completing and serving the correct notices;
  • f. Working on an ongoing basis with an experienced Unlawful Detainer attorney.


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