How much do you charge for evictions?
This is not a bad question to ask, and we get it a lot. Landlords are worried about evictions because they are so costly. We offer our property owners an all-in-one fee. This covers the three-day notice, court appearances, attorney fees, court costs, and any other related costs. I’m not going to state here what […]
What happens if a tenant isn’t paying rent?
Properties owners often ask what happens if a tenant isn’t paying rent? They want to know what we do about it, and this is an important issue to discuss with prospective property management companies. Move out costs are the highest expense a landlord will have. Minimizing move outs and evictions is key to ensuring our […]
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 […]
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 […]
Help! I’ve been transferred out of state but can’t sell my home
I hear from a lot of people that are underwater on their home, and they don’t know what to do. This happens when the house value drops below what is owed on the house. As long as you plan to stay in your home, this may not be a problem because eventually the market goes back up. […]
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. […]
Problems with Landlord Verification in Screening and the Solution
People regularly ask us if we actually do landlord verification. There are varied opinions among landlords and property managers over whether or not this is an effective method of tenant screening. Despite the potential problems, which I’ll discuss if you can get a landlord to speak honestly and from knowledge about a tenant, they can […]
What Cleveland Ohio landlords need to know about large deposits and deposit accounting
Landlords accept security deposits as a form of insurance. If the tenant damages the property or leaves with unpaid bills, the landlord can use the money from the security deposit to help cover those expenses. When accepting a security deposit, there are several things landlords need to understand to protect themselves and their property. The […]
