Media Landlord Tenant Attorney on Waiving Back Rent if Your Trouble Tenant Voluntarily Leaves Clients often ask me as an experienced Media Landlord Tenant Attorney, if they waive back rent if a tenant volunteers to leave the unit. If you have a tenant who is not paying his or her rent, and he or she…
Media Eviction Lawyer Discusses Using a Processor As an experienced Media Eviction Lawyer I am often asked if a landlord should use a processor to evict a tenant. I’ve had several landlords approach me in the midst of an eviction and they were formerly using an eviction processor who is a third party who is…
Media Landlord Attorney Discusses Notice of Eviction As an experienced Media Landlord Attorney I am often asked how many day’s notice a landlord must give in order to evict a tenant. Under statute in Pennsylvania, you as a landlord are required to provide 10 days’ notice to a tenant that you are planning to evict…
Eviction Procedures In Pennsylvania, the Landlord Tenant Act controls evictions of tenants for a variety of lease or rental agreement violations, including failure to pay rent. Landlords may not use self-help measures to expedite an eviction, such as changing the locks or removing the tenant’s property. The landlord must follow a Pennsylvania statute for eviction,…
The Rules of Security Deposits in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey Most residential leases include a security deposit. The purpose of a deposit is to set aside funds for the landlord to make any needed repairs at the end of the lease term for damage done to the property in the course of the tenant’s…
Media Landlord Attorney Discusses the Cost to Evict a Tenant As an experienced Media Landlord Attorney I am often asked about the costs associated with evicting a tenant. The cost of evicting a tenant really depends on the circumstances of your case and it also depends on how many tenants are in the property. Absent…
Media Landlord Attorney Discusses What to Consider When Creating a Lease As an accomplished Media Landlord Attorney, I get questions all the time from clients about what a landlord should consider when creating a lease. Landlords, when preparing to create a lease, need to consider certain factors and make sure they include them in the…
Media Landlord Attorney Discusses Evicting a Tenant As an experienced Media Landlord Attorney I am often asked how long it will take to evict a tenant. The amount of time that it takes to evict a tenant really does depend on the circumstances of each case. However, in a case without complications, you can expect…
Media Landlord Tenant Attorney Discusses Breaking the Lease As an experienced Media Landlord Tenant Attorney I am constantly asked what to do when a tenant breaks the lease. It’s important to know that if your tenant breaches the lease you should be pursuing every opportunity to get that tenant out of the unit with all…