I’m just getting started with landlording, and I was reading all the legalese from the Attorney General’s office about landlord/tenant responsibilities.
According to the law in my state, landlords are apparently supposed to provide an address for the person authorized to manage the premises, and this address must be a street address/can’t be a PO box.
I don’t want to provide the tenant with my home address. I screened the applicant, and he looks awesome on paper, but I don’t want him to know my home (or work) address just for security.
What do landlords usually do in this case? Is there no way for me to avoid disclosing my home and/or work address in rental agreements?
I use a post office box on my documents, but if you really need a physical address use Kinko’s (or whatever they call it now) They, by law, can’t call their boxes post office boxes they are suite number.
Hi,
Any of those private postal service companies work fine.
I use “Goin’ Postal” for my business addresses. You definitely don’t
want a tenant visiting. Also make sure your name isn’t
attached under the deed or the tax record.
It depends on what segment of the rental market you are serving. My tenants know exactly where I live–next to where they pay rent.
We invite single tenants to our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners if they have no plans. We go to tenant weddings and they send Christmas cards. I decided that I did not want to deal with low social class tenants at all. So I furnish the homes and charge more rent.
Furnishedowner
Look for virtual offices online. They avg about $100 a month depending on services. I have virtual office and i pay $100 month and it comes with a conference room if I need to meet someone at my so called office, an operator and they receive all my mail and faxes. It is great since people think that is my office building.