Why? Because nobody loves a landlord!

Here's first paragraph of a story in my morning newspaper

"A huge marijuana garden of 212 plants nurtured by an intricate irrigation and lighting system worth ten of thousands of dollars was uncovered inside a West Valley rental house Saturday."

The house was vacant except for cash crop and I can't help but wonder if growers were getting government farm subsidy payments?

The home has an out-of-state owner. Some poor investor who thought he would cash in on fast-rising Arizona home values.

Here's kicker. That investor could be held responsible, because he did not properly supervise use of property! Many areas have such laws.

Why? Because nobody loves a landlord!

This should be a reminder to all of us that a rental house or unit is not a set-it-and-forget-it investment. Every good lease or rental agreement has an inspection clause that allows landlord or his representative to periodically enter and take a look at condition of premises.

Are you doing that? You should be, because...

Nobody loves a landlord!

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Opt out of double click ads http://www.doubleclick.com/us/corporate/privacy/privacy/ad-cookie/default.asp

Removing your e-mail, address and telephone numbers from lists. http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html#mail

Anti-Spam Tools http://www.webattack.com/freeware/comm/fwspam.shtml

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