Do you have a Section 8 package? Do you have questions before renting a house?

You have rights and more control than homeowners want to give you credit. If they rent their home to you, they are obligated by law to make all needed safety improvements and all repairs that occur through normal wear and tear. Be aware also that if something was already damaged and you caused it further damage they are responsible for repairing it. Because it should have been repaired previously. Each state has housing laws. Read them. And if you ever find yourself in court, get a lawyer. But don't let that lawyer sell you swamp land. Make him/her do their job!

Are you thinking about renting a house?

Before you rent a house, talk with the neighbors in that community. Find out how many times the house has been rented out this year. Find out about the owner. If they've paid their home owner dues. Find out if they have liens on the house from the Home Owners Association. Go to the courthouse and find out if the house is being Foreclosed. You have more power than you think.

The property management industry is a community. They are very tightknit.

You must know who and what you're getting yourself into. The property management industry is a collection of people who all know eachother. The laws, especially in Cobb County, favor them. They hire their friends and people they know whom will carry out their ways even when it's wrong. Lots of people don't know that these apartment communities have personal stories in apartmentratings.com. Families go on this site and tell their experience about a particular apartment community. I would implore anyone that really wants to know more about an apartment community to visit this site.