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Hands-on know-how on listings, applicant selection and viewings – so you find the right tenant faster.
11 articles
Why a floor plan belongs in every listing, how to state the living area correctly under the German WoFlV (and which mistake can cost you up to 10 % of the rent) and how to create a listing-ready floor plan for free in a few steps.
How to draw a to-scale floor plan online – free and without signing up. With the right scale, the most important symbols, a 6-step walkthrough and the criteria that tell a genuinely free tool from a paywalled one.
OpenImmo is the open interface real-estate software and property portals use to exchange listing data. This guide explains in plain language what OpenImmo is, how an openimmo.xml is structured, which software exports the standard and how importing into a portal like WOHNO works.
A repeatable process for private landlords: pre-sort applications, build a shortlist, organise viewings cleanly (one-on-one instead of group), coordinate appointments, decline fairly – and which applicant data you must delete after letting under the GDPR.
How to write a listing that reaches the right tenants instead of producing 600 enquiries – with the GEG energy-certificate disclosures, correct pricing under the rent cap, an honest description, good photos and a realistic target group.
What you may legitimately assess as a landlord – creditworthiness, income, self-disclosure, freedom from rent arrears – and where the AGG (German equal treatment act, §§ 19, 21) and the GDPR draw hard lines: forbidden questions, the data-protection authorities' three-phase rule for documents, when a SCHUFA report is even permitted, deletion duties after a rejection, and objective criteria as protection against discrimination claims.
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