Rental management guides
Clear, up-to-date advice for private landlords: receipts, leases, inventories, tax and rent reviews.
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 guideFrench 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 declareRent 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 rentUnpaid 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 preventionSecurity 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 deductionsGiving 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 procedureFurnished 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 depreciationRecoverable 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 reconciliationDPE 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 sievesRent 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 supplementUnpaid-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 costTenant 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 groundsSurety 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 VISALELandlord’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 tax