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Should an attorney be used to draft a lease agreement?
Tenant Profile Network offers lease agreement packs, which is a standardised set of legal documents in accordance with the Rental Housing Act.
What needs to be stated in a lease agreement?
Michelle Dickens of Tenant Profile Network, tells us that according to the Rental Housing Act, lease agreements will now need to include landlord and tenant rights.
Does everyone now need a written lease agreement?
The Rental Housing Bill proposes a change the Rental Housing Act, in terms of lease agreements. This change would require all lease agreements to be written and signed.
Beware of property scams
There are numerous cons relating to property, make sure you know what to look out for.
Follow the rules when dealing with a bad tenant
It is often said that the landlord renting out residential property should never go the DIY route in selecting and managing his tenants.  This, says Jacqui Savage, the Rawson Property Group ...
Downsizing to luxury
Deciding to move from your sizable and comfortable home in suburban areas like Fresnaye or Constantia, to an apartment block within the city bowl, or even the Atlantic Seaboard, can be a difficult decision. It could be ...
The importance of finding the right landlord
Reams has been written about the importance of finding the right home when you are in the market to buy. Likewise, the importance of finding the right tenant is discussed at every opportunity but strangely, very little is said ...
Insist on a non-variation clause
Leave nothing to chance by insisting on inserting a non-variation clause in all your property contracts. Although it has been stated time and again that any changes to a contractual agreement should be reduced to writing, it ...
Evictions - acting illegally can backfire
A developer's plans to build up-market houses on a 6000m2 piece of land in Fairlands in Johannesburg has backfired, thanks to a High Court judgement which has found that the elderly couple who have lived in a house on the ...
Beware the existing tenant
Buyers who purchase a property that houses a tenant need to understand that the lease agreement that the previous owner has in place will remain in place until that lease expires - even if the ...