Special Alert March 10, 2012
In case you're like me, I thought I'd just remind you to adjust your clocks 1 hour ahead this weekend for Daylight Savings Time! See below for details and a free form.
Please e-mail us if you have any questions or would like to add or share any material / information. Have a great week!
John Nuzzolese
John@theLPA.com
"I learned that the easiest and cheapest eviction is the one when the tenants never get possession of your property!"- John Nuzzolese
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  Free Form for Your Tenants
 Daylight Savings Time & Smoke Detector Battery Reminder
 Daylight Savings Time & Smoke Detector Battery Reminder
This is a friendly reminder form to remind tenants to change the clocks for daylight savings time and more importantly, to protect your property by reminding them to change the batteries in their smoke detectors.
More about Daylight Savings Time:
This weekend, "Spring Ahead" when daylight time begins on Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:00am and ends on Sunday, November 4, 2012, 2:00am.
Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005).
Not all places in the U.S. observe daylight time. In particular, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use it. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006.
Many other countries observe some form of "summer time", but they do not necessarily change their clocks on the same dates as the U.S.
Daylight time and time zones in the U.S. are defined in the U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX - Standard Time.
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LPA Feature: Tenant Credit Bureau Reporting
By John NuzzoleseHave you ever been beaten by a tenant on the rent? Most of us have and unfortunately, it is one of the costs of doing business as a landlord.
On the brighter side, remedies are available for many. If you have documented your tenancy with the proper paperwork including a rental application, lease agreement, late notices, etc., you may have a chance of collecting.
Credit bureau reporting is an option in which many modern landlords are beginning to participate.
The LPA recommends tenant and credit reporting to our members.As landlords ourselves, we do not believe tenants should get away "Scott Free" for leaving their landlord with a mess of unpaid rent, damages and other unpaid responsibilities. The prospect of reporting delinquent rent onto the tenant's credit record creates an incentive for the tenant to preserve his good credit, or to clean it up in order to some day qualify for a loan or mortgage.
A delinquent landlord debt is a serious mark against a consumer tenant's credit report for seven years and will likely:
limit the tenant's ability to find good rental housing in the future
limit their ability to qualify for a mortgage or other financing
require them to pay higher interest rates on any loans they acquire
limit employment opportunities
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Notifying the current or former tenant that you intend to report their rental debt or payment history can be done in the following ways:
The LPA's Essential Forms:
Credit Reporting Disclosure Notice , or Credit Reporting Disclosure Notice to Former Tenant
The LPA's National Tenant Raiting Bureau
The LPA's other reporting options
For The LPA's Tenant Reporting, click here
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