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By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2025 Cain Publications, Inc. Remember when you acquired your first piece of rental property. Maybe you had visions of providing a great place for people to live.  Maybe you looked forward to the thousands of … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2025 Cain Publications, Inc. In 2023, rental owners wrote off $4.2 million in bad debt. Almost one quarter of that, 24.5 percent or $1.029 million, arose from landlords renting to applicants who completed fraudulent applications … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2025, Cain Publications, Inc. What a great time to own rental property. Rents have risen to the point where they slowly make up for the lost income during the pandemic. And the shortage of rental … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024 Cain Publications, Inc. In 1992, after watching crime, especially drug dealing, increasing in rental housing, Timothy Zehring, a Mesa, Arizona, police officer, started the Crime Free Multihousing Program (CFMH). It has spread to more … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. Years ago as I rode the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic I wore a t-shirt I’d had made with “The Northwest Landlord: The newsletter for landlords” printed front and back. A … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. Rental owners and managers, the top ones, know their properties and the areas those properties sit in. They are in the best position to know what their units should rent for. … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. Billy Bad Tenant wanted to move so he wouldn’t have to sleep on his friend’s couch anymore. Besides, his friend had gotten tired enough of Billy that he kept suggesting that … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. A July 16, 2024, a White House “Fact Sheet” reported that the president “is taking action to make renting more affordable for millions of Americans.” Biden wants to require rental owners … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. Mike Charton has lived in his apartment for many years. When I asked my fellow author what kept him there, he listed five things. Those five things reflect reasons renters stay … Continue reading →

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. One bad tenant can destroy a rental business. That’s why we screen applicants carefully by examining credit reports, rental histories, employment information, and verifying that the information is accurate and belongs … Continue reading →