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How to Avoid Rental Vacancies in the Depths of Winter

The Direct Approach No landlord — especially in Minnesota — wants to deal with a vacancy when it’s 10° degrees outside (or -20° below). How do you prevent that? At least one property manager I know explicitly writes that into their rental lease. If the rental begins any time other than December, January, or February, the...
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Corollary to “The Rental Bluff”

“If I Can’t Rent it for [$] . . . I’m Going to Sell it!” Although I’ve heard it much less often than “the Rental Bluff,” I’d be remiss if I didn’t I didn’t comment on its corollary, “the Sales Bluff.” Namely, a(n unintentional) landlord who’s deadlocked with an existing renter over a rental hike, lease term, etc. —...
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