By Dennis Norman, on March 2nd, 2010
Dennis Norman
Recently HUD published a report, “U.S. Rental Housing Characteristics: Supply, Vacancy, and Affordability“, which was packed with data about the rental housing market. The data in the report clearly illustrates that the rental market is holding up pretty well, at least in the lower rent price-ranges, while the for-sale housing market has been [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 11th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Over the past two years home prices have dropped throughout the country, rather significantly in some areas. Falling prices have created opportunities for investors but have also created a challenge for landlords and property managers to keep up with changing rental markets. Logic would dictate that if home prices in any [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 10th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
When we speak of discrimination in housing it seems many people think of it only in terms of discrimination based upon race. However, landlords and property managers need to remember that the Federal Fair Housing Laws that make it illegal to discriminate in housing based upon race also make it illegal to discriminate [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 30th, 2009
By: Dennis Norman
The FBI has issued a consumer alert warning of phony online rental ads. According to the alert, the scam goes like this:
You can’t believe your good fortune-you find a rental home in a nice area through a Craigslist classified ad at an unbelievably low rate. The landlord-who had to leave the country and [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 3rd, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
One of the issues that has come to the surface over the past few months has been the effect on tenants when a home they are leasing is foreclosed upon. In many instances the tenants are unaware of the financial trouble of the seller and sometimes their first indication of a [...]
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