(This post is part of our “Landlord Basics” series, which seeks to help the new landlord / investor understand some of the basics of tenant relations and property management. Click here to view the entire Landlord Basics archive.)
Update: You can now get a sample Letter of Violation [here].
It should come as no surprise that occasionally, a tenant won’t do what they are supposed to. It could be something as simple as not moving the garbage bins back from the curb (which is a $55 fine in Buffalo, last I checked), to not mowing their lawn (also a fine in Buffalo, but I can’t recall the amount.) If these are things that the tenant is responsible for in the lease, you should write and serve a Letter of Violation.
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