https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com Running one to four units without a property manager. en Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:47:45 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/rentmath/rent-late-fee-laws-by-state-caps-partial-payments/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/rentmath/rent-late-fee-laws-by-state-caps-partial-payments/ Same $1,300 rent, same ninth of the month: the largest lawful late fee runs $156 in one state and nothing at all in another. Then the partial payment lands. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/maintenance/landlord-reasonable-time-to-repair-emergency-vs-routine/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/maintenance/landlord-reasonable-time-to-repair-emergency-vs-routine/ Six statutes put real hours on the words reasonable time — 24, 48, 72, three days, fourteen. And most of them ask you to start the repair, not finish it. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/lease/pet-deposit-vs-pet-fee-vs-pet-rent-esa/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/lease/pet-deposit-vs-pet-fee-vs-pet-rent-esa/ Three charges, three different statutes, and a HUD memo from May 2026 that moved the line on emotional support animals without touching the Act itself. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/deposits/security-deposit-itemized-list-deadline-penalty/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/deposits/security-deposit-itemized-list-deadline-penalty/ The deadline runs from termination, surrender, or the tenant's demand — not from the keys. Six states on what the letter must say, and what late costs. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/screening/how-to-verify-tenant-income-stubs-banks-fakes/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/screening/how-to-verify-tenant-income-stubs-banks-fakes/ Two multiplications test a pay stub in about ninety seconds. Three times the rent survives no such test, and Colorado writes a ceiling below three. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/rentmath/what-a-turnover-really-costs-line-item-budget/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/rentmath/what-a-turnover-really-costs-line-item-budget/ Cleaning, paint, rekeying, photos, screening fees, and the empty days between tenants — three real turnover bills line by line, and the lines your state sets. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/maintenance/repair-and-deduct-and-rent-withholding/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/maintenance/repair-and-deduct-and-rent-withholding/ The rent came in $460 short, stapled to a plumber's invoice. Whether that is arrears or a lawful deduction turns on five questions your state statute answers. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/lease/required-disclosures-lead-paint-mold-state-list/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/lease/required-disclosures-lead-paint-mold-state-list/ A missing lead pamphlet on a 1962 house carries a $22,263 federal ceiling per instance. Which papers go with the lease, in which states, and for how long. Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/insurance/requiring-renters-insurance-clause-and-verification/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/insurance/requiring-renters-insurance-clause-and-verification/ A tenant emails a screenshot of an app screen. That proves nothing. What the clause should say, what document to demand, and where an HO-4 quietly stops. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/startup/does-your-city-require-rental-registration/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/startup/does-your-city-require-rental-registration/ Boston bills $300 a month for not registering. Philadelphia switches off your right to collect rent. How to read your own city's code before the lease starts. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/startup/renting-out-your-house-who-to-tell-first/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/startup/renting-out-your-house-who-to-tell-first/ Your mortgage's occupancy covenant has an end date. A homestead exemption does not lapse politely. Six parties to tell before the lease starts, with figures. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/screening/write-your-screening-criteria-before-you-list/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/screening/write-your-screening-criteria-before-you-list/ In California, Oregon and Washington the written criteria are what make your application fee lawful in the first place. What belongs on that one page. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/notices/eviction-process-start-to-finish/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/notices/eviction-process-start-to-finish/ Eight stages, and an owner with one unit runs two of them. Day counts, the three windows where money is due, and where the case leaves your hands for good. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/rentmath/setting-rent-one-unit-comps-fmr-vacancy-math/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/rentmath/setting-rent-one-unit-comps-fmr-vacancy-math/ Your house has no comparables. How to sample asking rents so the number means something, read HUD's FY2026 FMR correctly, and price vacancy in days. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/notices/pay-or-quit-notice-service-and-fatal-errors/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/notices/pay-or-quit-notice-service-and-fatal-errors/ Same rent, same service date, five states, five different deadlines. How you serve the notice adds days by itself, and the amount line voids most of them. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/maintenance/who-pays-for-what-repair-responsibility-chart/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/maintenance/who-pays-for-what-repair-responsibility-chart/ A clogged drain, a dead furnace, a cracked window. Five state statutes split those bills differently, and most of each split is ground no lease can move. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/lease/lease-clauses-that-hold-up-and-three-that-dont/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/lease/lease-clauses-that-hold-up-and-three-that-dont/ A hold-harmless paragraph is void in all five state statutes I read, and in two of them knowingly leaving it in the lease costs two months' rent on its own. Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/insurance/landlord-policy-vs-homeowners-what-changes/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/insurance/landlord-policy-vs-homeowners-what-changes/ Your homeowners policy insures the dwelling where you reside. Move out, hand over keys, and four clauses quietly stop working. Which ones, and the arithmetic. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/deposits/wear-and-tear-vs-damage-room-by-room/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/deposits/wear-and-tear-vs-damage-room-by-room/ A dime-sized burn in a 4-year-old carpet is damage you can barely charge for. Where four states draw the line, and the math that sets the amount. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/deposits/deposit-caps-separate-accounts-interest/ https://selfmanagedrental.docsanddeadlines.com/deposits/deposit-caps-separate-accounts-interest/ How much you can legally collect, which states make you park it in its own bank account, and the notice that costs you the whole deposit when it goes out late. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000