{"id":1087,"date":"2020-08-28T01:28:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T06:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.padleads.com\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:24:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T18:24:43","slug":"legal-mistakes-landlords-often-commit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padleads.com\/blog\/legal-mistakes-landlords-often-commit\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Mistakes Landlords Often Commit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the worst things a landlord could ever experience in the rental housing business is getting sued by his tenants<\/a>. Not only will he suffer legal consequences, but he can also lose his business completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing these common legal mistakes landlords commit can help you avoid committing the same mistakes in your career as a landlord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discriminating tenants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the worst things a landlord, property manager, or rental agent can do is to discriminate tenants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most common instances of tenant discrimination are during the screening of rental applicants<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Fair Housing Act <\/a>(FHA), every individual cannot be denied to own or rent a home based on discriminatory reasons such as gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, disability<\/a>, and familial status. Some states even include political affiliation and personal appearance to the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Landlords must not ask potential tenants discriminatory questions during the tenant-screening process, advertise their properties that exclude a certain group of individuals in the market, or treat specific tenants unfairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you create a listing on Padleads<\/a> and syndicate it to popular rental websites, make sure that you are prepared to be non-discriminatory to hopeful home hunters who will apply to rent your place. Also make sure that your listing doesn’t contain details that suggest discriminatory intent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illegal terms in the lease agreement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Make sure that all the provisions stipulated on your lease agreement<\/a> do not, in any way, violate state and federal laws. You should have a lawyer go through your lease agreement to detect common mistakes such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n