What Are They? Property Joint Ventures
Written by Veronica Carrillo   
Wednesday, 30 December 2009 08:56
In times of economic crisis property owners go for renting their property instead of selling it. There are various benefits of renting over selling.
by VeronicaCarrillo


In times of economic crisis property owners go for renting their property instead of selling it. There are various benefits of renting over selling.

A lien is a hold on your property so that is can be used as collateral for money or service you owe to another party. A lien can keep the borrower from selling a piece of property by preventing the transfer of property title to a new party. Liens are often involved in situations in which one person or party has loaned money toward a substantial item in the possession of a borrower, such as in a mortgage. A lender can force the sale of any property that has a lien in order to collect money owed from the borrower. If instead the borrower decides to sell the property, he or she must pay the lien-holder before the property title can be transferred to the buyer.

Second, have written screening criteria in place before you start accepting rental applications and ensure that your criteria is legal and applied consistently. You should set forth the minimum requirements that are necessary to rent your property as well as what will cause an applicant to be denied in your screening criteria. You may provide the written screening criteria to each prospective applicant along with the application if you wish. At the very least, however, you should memorialize the criteria in writing, date it and keep it for at least 3 years. It is important to remember that if you make an exception to your screening criteria for one applicant that you have now lost the protection of having the criteria in the first place ---- so avoid making any exceptions. The screening criteria should be used as a checklist of sorts. If they meet requirement #1 then move on to requirement #2. If they don't meet requirement #1 - then you stop and deny the applicant.

Your screening criteria should not be subjective. Rejecting an applicant because they give you a "bad feeling" or because you did not "connect" with them will only run you afoul of Fair Housing laws. Your criteria needs to be objective. Federal law contains seven (7) different protected classes and the state of Wisconsin has a total of twelve (12) protected classes. Local municipalities often have additional protected classes so you must check local ordinances. You may not deny an applicant because they are a member of any of the following protected classes in Wisconsin: race, color, national origin, sex, religion, familial status, handicap, marital status, sexual orientation, lawful source of income, ancestry and age (18 years old and over).

A common misconception is that you cannot reject an applicant because they smoke, becasue they have a money judgment against him/her, or becasue they have been evicted in the past. Smokers, debtors, and people who have been evicted are not members of any protected class under federal or Wisconsin law and therefore your screening criteria can exclude them without violating Wisconsin or federal discrimination laws. Other examples of legal screening criteria in Wisconsin may include the following: (1) Applicant must have gross monthly income of 3 times the monthly rental amount; (2) Applicant must have no unsatisfied money judgments against them; (3) Applicant must have a credit score of at least 600; (4) Applicant must complete all questions on the rental application; failure to answer all questions or provide an acceptable reason for not answering all questions are grounds for denial of your application. What type of screening criteria you have often depends on the location of the rental property, the type of renter you are looking for and a landlord's willingness to tolerate risk. Third, you should run every applicant's name through Wisconsin's Consolidated Court Automation Program (CCAP). This website lists all criminal and civil legal actions filed throughout Wisconsin. By becoming adept with CCAP's search capabilities you will be able to discover if a prior landlord has started an eviction action against your applicant, if your applicant has ever been charged with a crime, or if they have been sued for owing money to someone and whether or not they have satisfied that judgment. Best of all CCAP is free and open to the public (at least as of this writing however one Wisconsin Assemblyman has introduced a bill that if passsed will significantly restrict CCAP's access to landlords).

It sounds simple but a lot of home work goes behind it. You have to start properly with a name, your business must be registered and you have to advertise yourself. You also have to know your competitors otherwise you can't sustain yourself. Your pricing have to be correct otherwise either people will not select you if you charge too high, or else if you charge too less no one will think of you as capable of providing anything worthwhile. For starting any business you have to first decide about certain things. Like, whether you will start alone or with a partner, the initial investment required and the return expected. Unless you are sure about these things you can't handle unforeseen situations.

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