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Jenn G at 8:03am December 19
hey- I thought about your posting on becoming a landlord the other day. My brother, who is a law student, just won his first case against his former landlord and was awarded TRIPLE his deposit. So I guess you really want to know the legal stuff of becoming a landlord, especially if you are in GA and you are renting to law students.

I got this post this morning on facebook. And I thought. Yeah Jenn you are right. Being a Landlord is being a business owner and every good business owner knows you must be good at risk management.

At Bosshardt Property Management inc. we actually like renting to Law students and Lawyers. As a professional managment company we know we do things right and by the book and these people are educated enough to know that. For first time or casual Landlords these people can be dangerous.

On the other end of the spectrum we have more trouble with students and student legal services. Here you have a combination of people who don't know the law or business and combine it with bad free legal advice. Yuck!

From a renters perspective we are getting ready to fire a Landlord this week as the renter isnt paying timely and has changed a padlock on a fence. Meanwhile our owner wants to jump the fence and go talk to the guy. NO WAY. Thats illegal and if that owner is shot or hurt while trespassing we dont want to have anything to do with it.

Trespassing on your own property! That's right. The tenant has the right of Use, Possession, Esclusion. The only right the Landlord retains is disposition.

Anyway thanks to Jenn G for getting my juices flowing this morning!
Posted Friday Dec 19