Landlords often lose quite a bit of money when they have to evict a tenant. It can take months to complete the process in compliance with Ohio state law, and the costs involved are significant. Despite the efforts of the average landlord to ensure that they only rent...
You’ll have to make some fairly big decisions when making a will. For starters, you’ll have to decide who will benefit from your estate and how your funeral is arranged. Then, you’ll have to designate an executor of your estate to ensure everything is top-notch for...
Maybe you work as the manager of a local credit union that issues credit cards to members or provides overdraft protection in the form of a line of credit. Perhaps you are a plumber who recently finished work on a residential property but never got paid for that work....
As a commercial property owner, you want to create the best terms when you lease those properties out to business owners. One thing to consider is what type of lease you want. You can use a standard lease, a single net lease, a double net lease or even a triple net...
Many adults would love to treat estate planning like a kitchen appliance. They want to set it up and forget about it for the rest of their lives. Yes, a will that you draft when you first get married in your thirties can still potentially guide the division of your...
Buying a house can be exciting, but you need to make sure you take the correct steps throughout the buying process. One of the things you should know is that the closing process in Ohio does require you to work with an attorney. Ohio requires something called an...
Landlords sometimes run into trouble with tenants who break their leases. Depending on the seriousness of the offense, eviction could be a potential option. If you have included a pet policy in your lease, then your tenant should abide by it. These policies are...
Landlords leasing their properties and tenants living in rental housing are subject to state and local rental rules. Understanding the details is important for both parties. Rental laws protect the properties of landlords from tenant misconduct and establish basic...
It might make you nervous if your tenant approaches you requesting your consent to sub-let the premises that they’re renting from you to someone else. Maybe the other person has fewer resources or seems less reliable, and you don’t want to take on the risk. Is it...
When your business needs to collect money from customers or clients, you have to be careful about what steps you take. Collection activity can be difficult for a small or mid-sized business to handle in-house. They may not have enough demand for collection services to...