Best Practices for Using Security Cameras in Rental Units | Be A Better Landlord
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- Опубликовано: 1 янв 2024
- As a landlord, ensuring the safety and security of your tenants is of utmost importance. Security cameras can be an effective tool in achieving this, but it's crucial to understand how to use them responsibly and within the boundaries of tenant privacy rights.
Join Krista and Jonathan in this episode of Be A Better Landlord as they discuss the appropriate application of cameras in your rental property, prioritizing your tenants' peace of mind.
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I rent out a granny flat in what used to be my back yard but now has a fence between my back door and the front door of rental unit. Long before I built my granny flat, I had cameras installed on allt he corners of my home (the front house now.) This means that the cameras capture video (not audio) of anyone approaching, entering and exiting my tenant's door just as their doorbell camera captures us cming inanf out of our bacjkdoor. I have been advised that these are common areas for which neither of us have a reasonable legal expectation of privacy because even without the cameras we pass by each other if we are emptying trash or entering our respective doors. Hence, I'm told by my attorney that the placement of the cameras is legal as they do not capture anything inside the rental unit. And, I am glad that I had the cameras because the tenant had two unauthorized people living there and these people were causing a rodent problem. With the video footage, i was able to get them the tenant to move out so that she would not have an eviction on her record.
question dose a tenet has the right but a camera up has all three voice video mic that can pic up conversations even in a apt with out landlord approval
If the camera only picks up audio/video in your rented living space, then it shouldn't be an issue. Still worth a chat with your landlord!
if it's video only have no problem but when I moved. Into. The apt in our lease cannot have audio or voice camera it picks up my private conservation
There are camaras from my neighbor house pointing to my parking spot along w hers but there are two facing the drive in when other visitors are coming in. Is that allowed
Generally, it's legal to record in public. If the camera is on their property, then that's fine. It gets into a grey area if the cameras are mostly looking at your property, but in most cases people aren't being weird with security cameras and they're legitimately using them for security purposes. If something happened to your car and they had video of it, that could even be useful for you.
But if they do get weird with cameras and start dabbling in blackmail or stalking, then that's a different story and should be escalated to HOA/property owners/local law enforcement.
@@TurboTenant thank you
I have cameras on all my units
It's for my security and the tenants if needed. They are hardwired and 24 records i am the only one who has access. I do not use a service . monitoring service.
If there is a lease violation it provides proof..I am up ftont and totally transparent about the cameras..if tenant does not like it then my rental is the wrong one.
I had no trouble except in one case I used the footage to get a person charged legally for purposeful damage.
I once helped a tenant catch a sneaky gf stealing.
Anyway I think they best investment I ever made
Sounds like you're doing it right, being upfront with tenants and secure with the footage!
I had the issue of my tenant being confrontational about the doorbell camera. They insisted it was a violation of their privacy BUT my neighbor has camera pointing to the same angle. In that case, how is possible that my neighbor can see my property and I wasn’t going to be able to see it. The cameras are listed in my lease and I pay for he service. Also I gave them access to the camera. Thoughts?
I don't understand why you as the landlord would need access to their front door. That is an invasion of privacy. If you insist on the doorbell camera, then change your lease to it is a mandatory thing and the tenant is responsible and for paying it but you should not have access unless a crime happens.
He actually speaks on this in this video as well.
It was already on my lease, a full paragraph about the cameras and locations. My tenant set up the doorbell without giving me access. I let that go even when my lease states that I’m the one with ownership providing access to them. 2 weeks later called me for a plumbing issue…… I found out they had a cat (pets not allowed in the lease) and someone else living there not including as occupant without going through the background check. The nerve to say that is a violation of their privacy is outrageous taking in consideration my neighbor can see the front door through their camera
Privacy laws have definitely not caught up to these cameras, which in most cases are capturing both audio and video on your property and off of it, so that's unfortunate about your neighbor pointing theirs right at your property!
If your doorbell camera is listed in the lease and your tenant signed it, then they can't be too upset about you having it. If it continues to be a point of contention, you could offer to change the setup so they're paying for the service and have sole access to it. In that case, we'd recommend also outlining what happens to it and the service when they move out.
@betzandragarcia141 Seems like your upset about the neighbors camera but they are not your tenants landlord. I still don't understand WHY you would want access to their door? If you let something go and you didn't say anything about it, why bring it up later? If they have violated the lease with another person/pets that still doesn't mean YOU need access to their front door where you can hear conversations and have access to the inside of their home as the door opens and closes. The neighbors camera has nothing to do with you and your tenant. If their camera is bothering you, maybe you can have a conversation with them about adjusting it? Maybe it is best you and your tenant part ways as you are too nosey and they have violated your lease.
But if I'm renting a house by bedrooms with different tenants , can I have cameras in the kitchen and hallway? Tenants already know about it. Can I or not?
In that case, the kitchen and hallway would be considered common areas. As long as tenants know about them, the cameras are visible, and everything (like the purpose of each) is outlined in your signed lease agreements, it should be okay.
@TurboTenant thanks. Yes, I put on the lease agreement that those are for safety, and they know . Thanks
having cameras inside of a dwelling is asking for trouble,if an owner needs to have that, they're asking for legal trouble.Outside, driveway, front door anything in plain view is usually safe. If you install cameras in the inside of a home you are asking for legal trouble. @@TurboTenant
I am renting rooms also, how do you find your tenants?
@@RevDrJohnWWilsonIII I use Turbo Tenants and rentler , but most of them I found on Facebook. I do the lease agreement for each bedroom
If u arguing with someone in ur apartment with pelopes in the in the hallway can the carma here what ur saying
If a camera's in the hallway and people are arguing? It depends on the camera and the settings (if it's recording audio, etc), but most likely yes. And that can feel pretty invasive to tenants, which is why we don't recommend putting cameras in common areas unless there's a really good reason to do so.