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The amount of security deposit residential landlords may charge have changed in 2024.
Read the new restrictions on residential security deposits.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
09/25: Updated that the three-day notice to pay rent or quit excludes weekends and court holidays.
Covers: A property manager’s analysis of the repairs, maintenance, landscaping and improvements needed to increase the property’s curb appeal; Running a cursory title check on the property to be managed, and clearing any deficiencies with the landlord prior to taking over management of the property.
An owner uses RPI Forms 591 and 592 when setting forth the employment of a resident manager or vacation rental property manager.
While the supply-and-demand imbalance is heading in the right direction — toward stabilization — the rental market is still a long way from normal.
Covers: Conducting property management operations in compliance with the prudent investor standard; A property manager’s duties and higher standard of conduct provided to a landlord.
Group XIII Properties LP v. Stockman
Covers: Attributes of a successful property manager; The duty of care a property manager owes a landlord as comparable to the duty of care a broker in a real estate sales transaction owes their buyers and sellers.
Landlords who conduct criminal background checks may be guilty of housing discrimination.
Covers: On-site duties of a resident manager at an apartment complex with 16 or more units; Licensed and unlicensed activities; Occupancy of a unit in the complex as part of a resident manger’s compensation; Use of the resident manager employment agreement to document the employment and expectations.
A broker uses RPI Form 590 when entering into a property management agreement with an owner and RPI Form 554 when a change of ownership occurs.