How Do We Lower Risk For Our Clients and What Warranties Do We Offer?
Lowering the risk The question that always comes up is “How do we reduce risk for our clients?”We serve two different groups here at Realty Trust Services, Landlords and Tenants. Landlords often take on a great deal of risk whenever they get a new tenant. We reduce that risk by getting into the following three […]
What do you do to lease my house?
A common question we hear is “what do you do to lease my house?” There are a lot of things we do to market houses, and I could provide you with an extensive list. However, if you want to see what we do to lease houses, go to our website and look up a […]
How much rental deposit do you collect?
People often ask if we collect a rental deposit of the first and last month’s rent. We don’t, and I’ll explain why. Collecting the first and last month’s rent does not provide a better safety net. The safety net you have is what money is left. That is the rental deposit. There are many key points […]
How do You Ensure that You Find the Best Tenants?
How do we ensure we are finding you the best tenants for the property? That is a great question because bad tenants can cost you a lot of money. They can damage the property, not pay their rent, and force us to evict them. All of which cost a lot of money and lead to […]
Review of top 5 Cleveland Oh property managers
When choosing a property management company, it is really important to find the one that will be the best fit for you and your needs. There are many factors that can vary from one company to the next. For example, maintenance, fees, payment policies, management systems, etc. There is no right or wrong way to […]
How many years of property management experience do you have?
We get asked how many years of property management experience we have? This is a good question, but it isn’t the best question you should be asking. For us, we have roughly 45 years of combined experience, but that isn’t the best figure because a good majority of people who say they have 30 years […]
My home is not leasing: tips for better lease marketing
We get this a lot. Someone calls and tells us they have a property that has been sitting on the market for a year and nothing is happening. We ask, are they marketing the property? The owner responds that there is a “for rent” sign. We ask if they’ve gotten any calls on it. They tell […]
How will you rent my house?
There are many things we do to lessen vacancy times and quickly rent the properties we manage. However, one of the things we do that makes us distinct is that we market properties using the MLS. There are some exceptions to this, but almost every property we represent is marketed using the MLS. The MLS […]
How many times do you inspect my property?
If you start asking around, you will learn that people in the business have some very strong opinions regarding the effectiveness or benefit of doing more than just move-in and move-out inspections. Personally, I believe more is better, or at least they can’t hurt. Doing an inspection while people are living can be tricky because […]
What are your maintenance fees?
Finding out what a property manager charges for maintenance is vital. You also need to know requests are handled before entering into any kind of agreement. Property managers may differ wildly on how they handle maintenance issues and charges. The first question for us is “Is there an actual maintenance problem or just tenant complaining?” When […]
