Sunday, September 9, 2012

How To Gain From Miami Property Management Companies

By Kerri Turner


The best way to benefit from Miami property management companies is to engage them at the beginning of the all the activities. It is always difficult to start the work when the residents have already hired their own personnel. Moreover, when these people already have their own rent collection staff, there might be some inconsistencies in the remission of the money. Such opportunities might be explored by dishonest people who like to swindle the residents.

Discrimination based on family make-up can take unexpected forms. Even well intended landlord motives will not justify a policy or rule that discriminates against families with children or younger people. A parent and a five-year-old daughter may have applied to rent an apartment in an area of town that has experienced several muggings. Afraid that the daughter, when she returns from school alone each day, will be an easy mark, the manager refuses to accept the application.

A man, his spouse, and their teenage son and daughter may have applied for a two-bedroom apartment. The occupancy policy is two people per bedroom, but the landlord decides that it is inappropriate for children to share a room. An emancipated minor is a seventeen year old or possibly even a sixteen year old in who is legally married, has a court order of emancipation, or is in the military.

The man files a fair housing complaint which he quickly wins on the basis of the policy of age discrimination. The issue of age discrimination may also arise during a well-established tenancy. Suppose one has lived alone for years and now, with advanced age, must face the question of whether he is still able to live safely by himself. Sometimes the landlord may deny occupancy to a tenant in god faith although this act may be taken negatively by most people.

Because the number of bedrooms is not the only factor, the bedroom sizes, age of children, and configuration of such a rental unit are also considered. The federal test has become known as the two per bedroom plus standard. States and localities can set their own occupancy standards, and many have. And this is where things get tricky. Ordinarily, when the federal government legislates on a particular subject, states and localities are free to pass laws on the subject too, as long as they are equally protective.

Exceeding the maximum allowable number of tenants is not always a bargain. Some tenants are delighted to find a landlord who will allow them to live with more than the maximum number of residents allowable under the local health and safety laws. The rent share will be lower and, in tight rental markets, it may mean the difference between living in a good area and a really bad one, or not even having a home at all.

The fact that a landlord is willing to live outside the law tells you a lot about how seriously he takes other legal responsibilities like repairs and maintenance. By agreeing to live in an overcrowded rental, tenants hamper their ability to assert their rights.

Similarly, hosting families only social events in the common area excludes childless renters, who could raise a claim of discrimination. When developers hire the Miami property management companies, they expect them to coordinate all the activities including garbage collection, rent collection and payment of all services such as telephone and electricity bills. Such professionals should be engaged early enough in order to hire their own personnel. This helps to harmonize the processes and avoid any dishonest acts.




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