Renting & Rental Tips

as forclosures claim more casualties tenents living in forclosed properties are no longer going to be victims. The Protecting Tenants at Forclosure Act requires the purchaser of a forclosure property most often a bank to give a tenant at least 90 days to vacate the property. a tenant with a written [Read More]

The "Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act" became effective May 20, 2009 which requires the buyer of a foreclosure sale (which most often is the foreclosing lender) to give a "bona fide tenant" at least 90 days notice to vacate the premises.  In regards to a "bona fid [Read More]

Be careful when you rent, check out the landlord. Usually it is the landlord checking out the tenant, but in this economy there are people just trying to get money any way they can, even though it can hurt someone else. Your landlord may be losing the home you are renting. Landlords who know they [Read More]

It seems that more people are taking advantage of renters by this new type of scam - they will advertise a property cheap; when the renter e-mails the landlord (which seems to be the way they communicate), he/she tells them they are out of the country and can't show them the property. They also [Read More]

With the three hundred or so foreclosures being filed monthly in Hernando County Florida a renter needs to do some of their own background check on the landlord before signing on the dotted line. You as a prospective renter will usually be asked for a background, employment and credit check before [Read More]

I just had a  single woman employed by a local supermarket chain buy her first home. She was nervous, but her family told her you can get a mortgage for what you are paying in rent and she did! She bought a house for $80,000; got a USDA loan so she didn't have to put any money down (she d [Read More]

With so many foreclosures and the surmounting number of Americans losing their homes, it should come as no big surprise that the next problem facing Americans will be the need for affordable rental property! According to Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, a policy from the Bush Administration to hel [Read More]

The Spring Hill Area of Florida has been one of the hardest hit housing markets in the country for foreclosures. For those that have lost their homes, they will need a place to live. Many have left Florida and have joined their families in the north, or have sought to start life over again somewher [Read More]

It's not a bad idea to check your new landlord’s references these days. Although the foreclosure filings were down this month compared to last month in Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough and Hernando counties in Florida, the numbers are still too high! Across America, foreclosures escalated by [Read More]

With the risk of foreclosure in an unstable market, renting seems to be the best option. But wait, while the folks over in Washington are up to their armpits trying to entertain the right solution to aid the troubled homeowners, what about the rights of the renters that have paid their rent on time [Read More]