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Don’t Just Let Yourself In To Your Investment Property

Amy Dickinson is a great read over at the Star Tribune. She writes a column called Rent in the Homes section and takes email questions from readers and answers them.  I suppose you could say she is kind of like a Dear Abby for renters and landlords!

A recent one article I found funny and tragic at the same time. It seems the landlord is actually a little too quick and helpful to fix things. He barely knocks before he uses his key to enter the apartment (one time catching the renter in a towel, just out of the shower). See the question and Amy’s response here.

 

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#1Property to InvestMay 5, 2008, 11:33 pm

property investment is not as easy as we thought.

#2Investment PropertyMay 8, 2008, 9:31 pm

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