In today's America, most landlords own only a few rental properties, and managing a rental property and lease agreement is merely something most landlords do as a side investment while working a full time job and raising a family However, landlords fitting this description tend to invest only minimal time in their rental properties, which can lead to greater headaches and frustrations down the road

Any landlord can tell you all about the joys of rent court; the long wait, the endless string of whining, and then the realization that, after you win, all you’re left with is the right to collect a debt from someone who probably can’t pay anyway Wonderful

As any seasoned landlord will tell you, screening tenants is an enormous pain in the (insert anatomy of choice) But time invested in screening tenants is time well spent, because deciding on a tenant is the most important decision a landlord makes