Category Archives: Tips for Property Managers

How Thoroughly Should You Screen Your Tenants?

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Would you rather deal with a prolonged vacancy or an eviction? If you are an experienced landlord, you know the answer. Finding the right tenant for your rental property can take time and effort. After all, you want to avoid long periods of vacancy, but you also want to avoid going through the eviction process. Today, […]

What to Do and How to Evict a Squatter in Your Rental Property

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As a landlord, securing responsible and paying tenants is the ultimate goal. However, there are a few things along the way that can derail those plans. For example, if the property has been vacant for a while and someone decides to move in illegally. Furthermore, a tenant could choose not to leave after their lease […]

Large Appliance Care: Tips for Making Them Last in Your Rental Home

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Renting your home includes a lot of time and responsibility. From tenant screening to collecting monthly rent payments and everything in between, it is easy for a landlord to neglect a significant part of the rental home: large appliances. However, it’s crucial to prioritize large appliance care if you want to save money and ensure […]

Apartment Building Amenities Tenants Look for in a Rental Home

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Renters these days are looking for specific apartment building amenities to improve their renting experience. That said, when you own a rental business, one of your top priorities should be keeping an updated living space that people are eager to rent. Most of the time, landlords can work with their rental property management team to […]

Landlord-Tenant Laws to Remember

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Laws concerning rental homes are established to protect both the landlord and tenant involved in the lease agreement. While landlords want to make a profit and wish to keep their investment properties safe, tenants want their rights to be respected. As such, compliance with federal, state, and local regulations of rental housing is crucial for […]

10 Strategies For Landlords to Increase Tenant Retention Rates

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Any landlord or property owner knows that one of the most expensive parts of a rental business is tenant turnover. Therefore, finding ways to increase tenant retention is one of the most important things a landlord can do. That said, while finding a great tenant takes work, keeping them around requires just as much, if […]

What is Subletting? What Every Landlord Needs to Know

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Finding the right tenant for your rental property could prove to be a tedious process. After going to all of that effort, what happens when the tenant skips town, leaving your apartment sublet to someone else? What could easily become a landlord’s worst nightmare is also an avoidable situation. Join us below as we explain […]

Landlords: 5 Steps to Prepare for an Emergency

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While being a landlord is rewarding and stressful, finding responsible tenants is only one of the hardships you have to go through. If you want your undertaking to succeed, you must be prepared for various emergency situations that may occur on your property. A slow or inadequate response during an emergency can cost you time, […]

How Do I Become a Property Manager?

The Skills and Certifications Needed to Become a Property Manager

In 2020, the property management industry topped out at over 88 billion dollars in the United States. Steadily expanding since 2017, the property management industry provides a wealth of opportunities for professional and financial growth. Becoming a property manager is a great career for driven individuals with a passion for working with people. Join us […]

What is Wrongful Eviction? – A Landlord’s Guide to Avoiding Illegal Eviction

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When a tenant stops paying rent, fails to vacate, or breaches the lease provisions, all a landlord wants is to get them out as quickly as possible. However, trying to do so can prove to be a long and tedious process. Due to the cost and time involved in removing a non-compliant tenant, landlords may […]