How to immigrate to the United States as a licensed woman

In America, renting a house has a nice name. Housing management? Every region has a special housing management company. Many people who have jobs are too busy to manage their own houses after buying them, so they entrust the management company to rent them out. Of course, just like buying and selling houses, management companies should also have broker licenses, and real estate agents can also manage houses through practicing companies.

After buying American real estate, it is not easy to take care of the house by yourself, especially if you want to get a good return on investment, you really have to work hard. So, how can we be a good chartered woman?

1, keep abreast of the dynamic market of rent.

If the rent is too high and no one comes to rent it, the vacancy rate of the house will be high and you will lose money. The rent is too low. Although many people want to rent it, you still lose money. Therefore, understanding the market situation of housing rent is the primary task of the lessee. You can collect housing information on the housing rental website, understand the real-time rental market, and master the location, old and new, layout, area and rent level of investment housing.

2. Carefully screen tenants.

In the United States, landlords cannot refuse to rent a house because of the tenant's color, race, sex, age, physical condition (such as disability) and family status (such as having many children), which is illegal. If these words appear in the rental advertisement, you are probably the defendant. But you can refuse tenants to bring pets, or you can refuse tenants with bad credit or whose income you think is unstable. Before renting a house, the landlord should do a small background check on the tenant, that is, let the tenant fill out an application form for renting a house. There are many questions he needs to answer, such as his work unit, income status, family members and contact information, and he must provide you with a social security number, through which you can check his credit status online. If his credit score is poor, it means that he is more likely not to pay the rent after becoming your tenant.

3. The lease contract must be clearly stipulated.

When deciding to lease, both parties shall sign a lease contract. If there is any dispute in the future, write it down in black and white. In the United States, utilities such as water, electricity and gas are called Utility. Whether the rent includes utilities, garbage and mowing fees, whether pets are allowed in, the number of adults and their names must be stated in the contract. In some old apartment buildings, because there is no separate electricity meter and water meter, the rent usually includes utilities, just like hotels. In newer apartment buildings, electricity meters and water meters have been set up separately, and the rent does not include utilities. The advantage of investing in detached houses is that utilities, garbage fees and mowing fees are basically paid by tenants, and even the maintenance costs of some indoor facilities (such as refrigerators and washing machines) can be agreed by tenants.

The length of the lease also needs to be discussed. Usually, the shorter the lease period, the higher the landlord spends on cleaning carpets and painting walls, and the higher the vacancy rate. So the landlord hopes that the longer the lease, the better. Generally speaking, investment houses need a lease term of at least one year. After the lease expires, if the tenant continues to move in, he can no longer sign the contract with the consent of the landlord, and the previous contract is still applicable. However, the nature of the contract has changed from annual to monthly. The difference between the two is that the former cannot change or terminate the contract at will during the lease period, while the latter can terminate the contract as long as the landlord and tenant notify each other 30 days in advance.

Another important content of the contract is to stipulate the liability for breach of contract and under what circumstances the contract can be terminated. For example, it can be stipulated in the lease contract that 1 day of each month is the rent collection date, and the deferred payment fee will be charged if it is overdue for 3 days (that is, from the fourth day). If it is overdue for 7 days, the landlord can choose to terminate the contract and ask the tenant to move out, or he can choose to ask the tenant to pay all the rent immediately when it expires.

Another problem that needs attention is the housing deposit, which is called the damage deposit in the United States. The amount is the same as that in China, almost or slightly lower than one month's rent. If the tenant has a pet, you can charge a pet fee, which is different from the deposit and is usually non-refundable. If the pet fee is charged at one time, it is generally 1 pet 200-300 USD, and if it is charged monthly, it is generally 1 pet 20-30 USD.

After the tenant signs the lease contract, the landlord also needs to pay attention to check whether the name of the public facility is changed to the tenant's name in time. You can call the utility company. If not, you have to urge the tenant to deal with it as soon as possible, otherwise the water, electricity and gas costs incurred during this period will be borne by the landlord.

4. Maintain and timely repair damaged facilities.

The house is the property of the landlord, so the maintenance of the house is the responsibility of the landlord. If it is not stipulated in the contract in advance, according to American law, the maintenance of all facilities in the house is the responsibility of the landlord. For the United States, air conditioners, heaters and water heaters can't be out of order. If they are broken, the landlord must be responsible for repairing them. If it is not repaired in time, the tenant can cancel the contract and move out after self-repair or deduct the cost from the rent.

There are some minor problems now, so you can learn to fix them yourself. For example, if the screen window is broken, you can buy a big one at Lowe's for five yuan and install it yourself. For more professional problems, such as the air conditioner or water heater not working, you can only hire a professional company. Labor costs in the United States are very high, and professional companies only charge 70-80 dollars for on-site inspection. So you should pay attention to collecting the service quality and charge information of different companies, so as to choose the one with the best service and the lowest charge.

In the United States, the cost of house maintenance is indeed a big expense. For example, the roof is replaced every 15-20 years, and the longest-lived roof is only 30 years. A detached house of 1200 feet will cost at least $3,000 to change the roof. Because houses are all made of wood, you need to pay attention to termite and mildew prevention every year, otherwise the damage to the structure of the house will be great.

Planting trees is also very particular. Some trees have too big and thick roots, so they can't be planted near the house. Otherwise, it will damage your sewer pipe over time, and the broken branches will also damage your roof, endangering personal safety. So, once you find this risk, you have to hire someone to trim the branches or simply cut down the whole tree, which will cost money.