Practical tips to help rental property owners get the most from their investment.
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Managing Maintenance Requests
How to Manage Maintenance Requests As a landlord, you’ll need to know how to manage maintenance requests from tenants. This skill can be helpful if you are managing your own rental property or if you have a property manager working for you. If you can get maintenance requests processed and addressed quickly, tenants will be…
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Marketing Your Rental Unit
How to Market Your Rental Unit With so many rental units on the market, it’s hard to compete and make sure your unit gets the attention it deserves. Rental units are being advertised by property managers, real estate agents, owners, and even scammers. So the question is this, “How do I list and market my…
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Working with Vendors
Working with Vendors If you manage your own rental property, you know what it’s like to deal with maintenance and vendors. Working with vendors can sometimes be a painful process and we want to help educate landlords and owners so that problems can be avoided. Our 6 suggestions below will help you develop better relationships,…
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Common Lease Violations and How to Prevent Them
It’s a good idea to get to know neighbors and build a relationship where they feel comfortable communicating issues around the property. Good tenants can act as a second set of eyes on your property and other tenants, alerting you on any lease violations they may see. Unfortunately, even the best of tenants are susceptible…
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COVID-19 Owner/Landlord Information
COVID-19 for Landlords and Owners in California Date: May 18, 2020 Whether you are one of our clients or not, we want to help you understand what is going on for tenants, landlords, and property managers during this COVID-19 pandemic. There will be more updates with time, but we wanted to inform you of the…
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Raising Rent 101
Raising your tenant’s rent can be one of the most stressful and tense interactions you’ll share. Keeping a good tenant is incredibly valuable, but you’ll also want to maximize your earnings and profit on your property. This difficult situation causes landlords to be afraid of raising their rent because they don’t want good tenants to…
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The Need-to-Know for Service Animals & Emotional Support Animals
More and more, often applicants who are applying for rentals are informing us that they have an emotional support animal, service animal or an assistance animal. According to the laws of California they are not considered pets. They are basically considered medical equipment. Support or assistance animals are on duty and providing assistance to people…
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Home Upgrades NOT Worth the Cost
Property owners are often told that home improvements are the key to more profit. You can quickly find a myriad of articles and videos that claim to know which upgrades they should be focusing on the most. We decided to think outside the box and look into the improvements that aren’t worth the cost. Uplift…
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Simplifying Your Property Turnover
Making sure your home is ready for a turnover is essential in renting your property. It can affect how quickly your home will rent and possibly what kind of tenant you’ll be moving in. This can be quite a daunting task – especially for first timers. You may be concerned about missing something that warrants…
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How to Maintain a Good Relationship With Your Tenants
Finding the right tenant is almost as important as finding a tenant at all. A good tenant supplies their rent on time monthly and properly maintains the property which leads to less repairs and expenses. It is in an owner’s best interest to build a professional relationship with their good tenants to keep them satisfied…
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Allowing Pets in Your Rentals
Everyone seems to love pets! Whether you’re a dog person or a cat person, a loyal companion can make our days all the easier. However, property owners may be a little less excited to hear their potential renters have a furry friend moving in with them. So, what exactly are the rewards and risks of…
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Saving for Large Projects
In this blog, you’ll be able to find 6 large projects for your rental property. If you’re looking for updates that will attract more tentants, keep on reading! Project #1 Roofing Depending of the type of roof, your roof could last anywhere from 20-50 years. Re roofing is a big project and can cost tens…