Helpful Documents

How to pre-screen potential tenants using the Delaware County Public Access website.

CLICK HERE for a step by step tutorial

• Tax Tips for Landlords – Click on the link to get some great tips for landlords from Intuit

• PA Abandoned Property Law – click on the link to read the text of HB 1714 which addresses the Landlord’s responsibility when a tenant is evicted or otherwise vacates a property and leaves personal property behind.

• Home Depot 2% rebate – Click the NARIA link for instructions on how to sign up for the 2% rebate from Home Depot.

• Property Tax appeal forms 2014 – These are the two forms needed to file a Property Tax appeal. One form is for Delaware County and the other form is for the City of Chester.

• Carbon Monoxide Detector Act – This is the new law passed in 2013 regarding the requirements for Carbon Monoxide Detectors in all types of housing.

• Fair Housing Rules – This is a Statement from the Department of Justice concerning Reasonable Accommodations. It is a little dated; however, still a very good summary with examples. Courtesy of Lee Stivale Esq.

• Jeffrey Taylor (AKA “Mr. Landlord”) has spoken at DPI meetings in the past. His website is a great resource for rental property owners.

  • Click Here to get to the many useful tools and ideas from the Mr. Landlord website http://www.mrlandlord.com

• April 2013 Seminar on Landlord Tenant Law courtesy of Lee Stivale, Esq. Click Here for the summary.

• Real Estate Investing Vocabulary courtesy of Bill Becker.

  • Click here for this “dictionary” of many terms you will hear used regarding Real Estate Investing.

• New Pennsylvania Law on Abandoned Property:

  • Click Here for the handout provided to us be Lee Stivale Esq. at the October 2012 DPI meeting.

  • Click Here for article written and provided to us by Brad Dornish Esq.

• Wage Attachment Rules and Forms (2 Documents) – Courtesy of Lee Stivale Esq.

  • Click on BOTH of the documents below in order to do a Wage Attachment – Provided by Lee Stivale Esq. from our October 11th, 2011 Info Depot

  • Wage Attachment (Oct 2011) DPI

  • Wage Attachment (Oct 2011) Appendix

• Landlord Tenant Act – Click on the link below for a copy of the Landlord Tenant Act that Lee Stivale discussed at the January 2012 DPI meeting.

  • Click here for the Landlord Tenant Act

• Use of Criminal History to Deny Rental Applicants and Fair Housing

• Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions