North Carolina Lawmakers Address Landlord/Tenant Bedbug Disputes

The North Carolina General Assembly is considering a new bill that will clear up some of the “gray areas” in disputes between tenants and landlords involving bedbugs. Under current guidelines, it’s difficult to sort out who is responsible when the bedbugs bite: is it...

Should Property-Trashing Tenants be Charged?

A landlord recently wrote a letter to the editor of her local newspaper, complaining that tenants had trashed her rental property. They left food and garbage everywhere, along with a garage full of old TVs, mattresses and appliances for the landlord to dispose of. She...

Confidentiality: It’s a Landlord’s Responsibility

Landlords need to collect confidential information from their tenants in order to determine whether or not they qualify for a lease. A tenant’s employer, bank account numbers, credit history, social security number and previous addresses are all valuable to identity...

When to Issue a “Cure or Quit” Notice to Tenants

Cure or Quit Notices serve to inform tenants of a serious failure in the landlord/tenant relationship. Usually, the tenant has broken a significant term of his lease. Landlords issue Care or Quit Notices for a variety of reasons. Here are some of the more common Care...