Back in July, I wrote that the slew of new regulations and restrictions against landlords would likely never go away. History shows that once the ratchet is tightened, it is never loosened completely. Some of the headlines from Maine to California seem to be proving my predictions correct.
Landlord-tenant laws in Virginia spurred on by covid could be come permanent.
Minneapolis to consider rent control.
Eviction bans state wide in California.
Learning how to screen your tenants and work with them is going to be more important than ever in the coming months and years. It is going to get ugly in some places. Stay tuned and seek out folks with common ground.
Kevin Perk is the founder and publisher of Smarterlandlording.com. He is the author of Advice From Experience To New Real Estate Investors. Subscribe to Smarterlandlording here. Contact Kevin here.
Paul L Cade says
Tenant, Damage Garage Door, do you the Landlord should pay for Damages to the Door?
Kevin says
Not if the tenant damaged it.