For renters, your landlord checks your background before renting space to you. You should do the same to your landlord:
1. Do not be afraid to ask questions of your landlord. A friendly and courteous conversation can get a lot of valuable information out of your landlord. Also, go on-line and check.
2. Check property records to see the ownership record of the property. Make sure your landlord has the authority to be your landlord. Check on-line.
3. Find out how long the previous tenants were there; and, if possible, why.
4. Talk to the neighbors. Neighbors are very good sources of information.
5. Drive by and look at the landlord's other properties. Patterns usually emerge.
[Read, "UNDERSTANDING THE LAW: A Primer", by Attorney Charles Jerome Ware (iUniverse, 2008)]
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