How are you insured to do property management?

This is actually a question we do not get asked a lot, but we should be because it is important to know what kind of insurance your property manager has. We deal with a lot of high liability issues on a regular basis, so it is important to have that protection in place. We have […]

Will I have to get up in the middle of the night for an emergency?

I assumed this was a given, but apparently there are property managers that do not offer 24-hour services. To answer the question simply, no. You will not have to get up in the middle of the night for an emergency. Our property owners do not have to get emergency phone calls during the night. They […]

How many units do you manage?

When you look at a property management company, there are a few questions you should ask. This will give you a better idea of the level of service you can expect. I am regularly asked how many units we manage, which is a good questions. However, there is more to that question that you really want […]

How to use video marketing to lease your property faster

Video marketing is a huge tool and something you should already be using. Video tours can save you a lot of time showing properties because people will have the opportunity to preview the property first. This will filter out a lot of tenants that wouldn’t otherwise be interested once they had a chance to see […]

Can I Refuse Pets?

The short answer is yes. We do allow our property owners to have some discretion over pet rules. However, most of them allow pets and we encourage it. Let me tell you why. Allowing pet owners will double your market. A good portion of the people renting single-family homes are doing so because they want […]

How do You Know What is Happening with Your Property?

How do you know what is happening with your property? If you don’t physical live at your apartment, the answer is: you don’t. The farther you live, the less you know about what happens on a day-to-day basis. Here’s the dirty little secret of property management…we don’t know either because we don’t live there either. […]

Why it is so important to check criminal and eviction records manually?

About four years ago we approved a tenant application, the tenant moved in, and then we had to evict them roughly six months later. On a whim, we went to the local court and found out the tenant had a recent conviction that did not show up on the background check we had conducted with […]

7 Steps to Flawless Tenant Screening

Through years of experience in the field, we’ve narrowed our tenant screening process down to a specific set of steps that allow us to work quickly to fill the apartments and houses we manage with the best possible tenants. This is an overview of our process. Hopefully it can help you in screening your tenants. […]

What will any upcoming inflation do to landlords?

Are you having trouble selling your house? Are you having trouble finding renters? Don’t worry…things may be turning around soon. I’m clearly not an economic forecaster, but I do pay attention to what is happening. Based on a broad range of factors, I would say there is a substantial chance of inflation soon. . Now, […]