He gained national attention when the man called Sheppard suddenly died in his Juarez clinic at 2:50 a.m. Friday. Sheppard, alias actor Steve McQueen, went to Santosâ Clinca de Santa Rosa looking for reprieve from the painful cancer that was killing him. McQueen spent time in El Paso in 1972 during the filming here of âThe Getaway.â.
In most states and jurisdictions, landlord responsibilities cover, at least to some degree, protection of their tenants. This protection responsibility may impose a legal duty on the landlord to take steps to protect their tenants from thieves, assailants and criminal acts from other tenants.
Residential landlords need more than just a lease to keep their business up and running. Screening tenants, avoiding fair housing lawsuits, and knowing about repairs, tax breaks for landlords, tenant privacy rights, environmental hazard disclosures, and how to terminate a tenancy are also key. Landlords must also understand the many ways that state laws affect their business.