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A Proactive Approach to Stopping Harassment Before It Starts

Rental Housing Journal

” Every employee, from leasing agents to maintenance workers, and every contractor who interacts with residents needs proper training on: What constitutes illegal harassment under the Fair Housing Act. Sign Up For Our Weekly Newsletter And Get Rental Property And Apartment News And Helpful, Useful Content Each Week.

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Strengthening Policies, Procedures, and Written Communication in Property Management

Rental Housing Journal

About the author: In 2005, The Fair Housing Institute was founded as a company with one goal: to provide educational and entertaining fair-housing compliance training at an affordable price at the click of a button. Sign Up For Our Weekly Newsletter And Get Rental Property And Apartment News And Helpful, Useful Content Each Week.

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A Caution on AI: The Possibility of Fair-Housing Violations in Communication and Payments

Rental Housing Journal

The Evolution of Communication in Property Management AI-powered chatbots and automated messaging systems are becoming the norm, helping property teams respond to resident inquiries, process maintenance requests, and even screen rental applications.

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Navigating Unreasonable Accommodation Requests

Rental Housing Journal

Examples of Unreasonable Accommodation Requests Undue financial burden: A resident requests modifications that require extensive construction, such as widening all hallways in a property to accommodate a larger wheelchair. For smaller properties with limited budgets, this request could impose an undue financial burden.

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Rent Control - A Solution? by Gaston Reboredo CCIM CPM

Florida Property Management

million housing units were added to the market between 2005 and 2015, the vast majority of those homes were designed to accommodate only the smallest and wealthiest portion of the rental population. For example in many municipalities in South Florida about 30% of the property tax bill goes to fund Public Schools.

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Best Passive Real Estate Investments: The Lazy Investor’s Guide

SparkRental

I’ve owned dozens of rental properties since 2005. Landlords score great rental property tax deductions and earn “forever income” through rental property cash flow while their renters pay off their mortgages. For $20–100, you can buy ownership shares in rental properties. Not at all.