Rental management guides
Clear, up-to-date advice for private landlords: receipts, leases, inventories, tax and rent reviews.
Documents & contracts
Rent receipt: template, obligations and automation
Mandatory details, difference with a payment slip, and how to automate your monthly rent receipts.
Read the guide → Rent receipt: template, obligations and automationTenancy agreement: template, clauses and French ALUR law
Mandatory details, clauses to avoid, term and security deposit for a compliant lease.
Read the guide → Tenancy agreement: template, clauses and French ALUR lawMove-in and move-out inventory: complete guide
Its legal value, what it must contain, and how to do it cleanly with photos.
Read the guide → Move-in and move-out inventory: complete guideShared tenancy: single lease, joint-and-several clause and notice
Single or multiple leases, the joint-and-several clause, and what happens when a co-tenant leaves: securing a shared tenancy.
Read the guide → Shared tenancy: single lease, joint-and-several clause and noticeBail mobilité: term, eligible tenants and how it works
A furnished let of 1 to 10 months, non-renewable and with no security deposit: who the bail mobilité is for and how it works.
Read the guide → Bail mobilité: term, eligible tenants and how it worksStudent lease: term, furnished, guarantor and how it works
A furnished 9-month non-renewable lease or a one-year lease, guarantor/VISALE, deposit: the rules of the student lease from the landlord’s side.
Read the guide → Student lease: term, furnished, guarantor and how it works
Rent & charges
Rent review and IRL index: how and when to raise rent
The mandatory clause, the IRL formula, and the date to respect to raise rent legally.
Read the guide → Rent review and IRL index: how and when to raise rentSecurity deposit: amount, return and deductions
Capped amount, return deadline, justified deductions and late penalty: the rules to follow to avoid any dispute.
Read the guide → Security deposit: amount, return and deductionsRecoverable charges: list, provisions and annual reconciliation
Which charges to pass on, how to handle provisions and the mandatory annual reconciliation, backed by supporting documents.
Read the guide → Recoverable charges: list, provisions and annual reconciliationRent control: high-demand areas, caps and rent supplement
High-demand areas, uplifted reference rent and rent supplement: the rules to follow to set a compliant rent.
Read the guide → Rent control: high-demand areas, caps and rent supplement
Notice & termination
Giving notice to a tenant: grounds, notice period and procedure
The three valid grounds, the notice period to respect and the form of the notice to lawfully end the lease.
Read the guide → Giving notice to a tenant: grounds, notice period and procedureTenant notice period: term, high-demand area and reduced grounds
3 months, 1 month furnished or in a high-demand area, grounds for reduction and the form of notice: what the landlord must know.
Read the guide → Tenant notice period: term, high-demand area and reduced grounds
Unpaid rent & guarantees
Unpaid rent: what to do? Procedure, remedies and prevention
From amicable reminders to court action, and above all how to prevent unpaid rent upfront (guarantor, GLI, VISALE).
Read the guide → Unpaid rent: what to do? Procedure, remedies and preventionUnpaid-rent insurance (GLI): cover, conditions and cost
What GLI covers, the tenant’s solvency conditions, its cost and the free VISALE alternative.
Read the guide → Unpaid-rent insurance (GLI): cover, conditions and costSurety and guarantor: the deed of guarantee and VISALE
Simple or joint guarantee, deed of guarantee, combining with a GLI and the VISALE alternative: securing rent payment.
Read the guide → Surety and guarantor: the deed of guarantee and VISALEPNO insurance (non-occupant owner): obligation, cover and cost
Mandatory in co-ownership, PNO insurance covers the landlord where the tenant’s policy stops: cover, cost and deductibility.
Read the guide → PNO insurance (non-occupant owner): obligation, cover and costThe VISALE guarantee: free rent protection to secure your income
Free guarantee from Action Logement (the French joint employer-funded housing body): who is eligible, what VISALE covers for the landlord and how to accept it.
Read the guide → The VISALE guarantee: free rent protection to secure your income
Landlord taxation
French property income (form 2044): how to declare
Micro-foncier or actual regime, deductible expenses and property deficit explained.
Read the guide → French property income (form 2044): how to declareFurnished letting and LMNP: tax, regimes and depreciation
Income taxed as BIC, micro-BIC or actual regime, and the depreciation edge: understanding the tax of furnished letting.
Read the guide → Furnished letting and LMNP: tax, regimes and depreciationLandlord’s property tax: who pays, TEOM and deductibility
Who pays the property tax, the share recoverable from the tenant (TEOM), exemptions and the tax deduction.
Read the guide → Landlord’s property tax: who pays, TEOM and deductibilityShort-term letting and tourist furnished lets: rules and tax
The 120-day limit, town-hall declaration, change of use and BIC tax: the rules of short-term letting.
Read the guide → Short-term letting and tourist furnished lets: rules and taxFurnished or unfurnished letting: which should a landlord choose?
Lease, taxation, deposit, notice, returns: the furnished vs unfurnished comparison to pick the right letting regime.
Read the guide → Furnished or unfurnished letting: which should a landlord choose?Renting through an SCI: how it works, IR or IS taxation, benefits
IR or IS, inheritance planning, joint ownership, paperwork: what an SCI really changes for a landlord.
Read the guide → Renting through an SCI: how it works, IR or IS taxation, benefitsA landlord’s capital gain on property: calculation, allowances and exemptions
Capital-gain calculation, allowances by length of ownership, tax rate and exemption cases when you sell a rented home.
Read the guide → A landlord’s capital gain on property: calculation, allowances and exemptionsProperty occupancy declaration (GMBI): the landlord’s obligation
What a landlord must declare via « Gérer mes biens immobiliers » (GMBI): occupancy, tenants, deadlines and the €150 penalty per property.
Read the guide → Property occupancy declaration (GMBI): the landlord’s obligationDéficit foncier (rental-income deficit): offsetting, the €10,700 cap and carry-forward
How déficit foncier lowers your tax: €10,700 cap, the share from loan interest, ten-year carry-forward and pitfalls to avoid.
Read the guide → Déficit foncier (rental-income deficit): offsetting, the €10,700 cap and carry-forward
Property & obligations
DPE and letting: energy decency and energy sieves
An enforceable DPE, the timetable banning energy sieves and rent freezes: what the landlord must anticipate.
Read the guide → DPE and letting: energy decency and energy sievesRental repairs: who pays what, landlord or tenant?
Routine upkeep for the tenant, major repairs and fair wear and tear for the landlord: a clear split to avoid disputes.
Read the guide → Rental repairs: who pays what, landlord or tenant?Tenant home insurance: the obligation and the certificate
The tenant’s insurance obligation, the certificate to ask for each year, and what the landlord can do on default.
Read the guide → Tenant home insurance: the obligation and the certificateMandatory diagnostics to let a property: the technical diagnostic file
DPE, ERP, lead, asbestos, electricity, gas, floor area: the list of diagnostics to attach to the lease and their validity periods.
Read the guide → Mandatory diagnostics to let a property: the technical diagnostic fileFurnished rentals: the list of mandatory equipment
Bedding, fitted kitchen, crockery, storage: the 11 categories of equipment every furnished rental must provide, set by decree.
Read the guide → Furnished rentals: the list of mandatory equipmentPermis de louer (rental permit): authorization and declaration before letting
Déclaration de mise en location or autorisation préalable de mise en location: when the "permis de louer" applies, the town-hall procedures and the penalties.
Read the guide → Permis de louer (rental permit): authorization and declaration before letting