How to screen tenants in South Africa is the question that determines whether your rental property is a source of income or a source of ongoing stress. Genevieve’s journey as a landlord included two very different tenant experiences — a management company that did not serve her, tenants who left damage behind, and then a…
Who pays what on a South African rental property is one of the most common sources of conflict between landlords and tenants and almost all of it is avoidable. Not through luck or good relationships, but through one thing: a clear, well-drafted lease agreement that spells out every financial responsibility before a tenant moves in….
The phrase passive income gets attached to rental property so often that most beginners assume they buy a property, find a tenant, and then simply collect money every month while they sleep. Genevieve thought something similar when she rented out her first property, a two-bedroom, one-bathroom unit she had bought in 2005, lived in, renovated,…