Property Management 101: How to Handle These 3 Terrible Tenants
As landlords and property managers, we often focus so much on choosing the well-paying tenant, we forget that there are other tenant characteristics that can make managing properties a nightmare. Here are three of my worst tenant archetypes: their modus operandi, how...
A Family Affair: 8 Ways to Irresistibly Attract High-ROI Family Renters
Kids. Dogs. Cats. Sound like an unholy trinity for high-impact, high-damage to your rental properties? That’s not necessarily untrue, but it’s also not the whole story. Why should landlords go out of their way to attract families? For starters: they stay longer. No,...
Should Landlords Rent to Illegal Immigrants?
*Note on Terminology: Conservatives and liberals can’t even agree on terminology, with conservatives using the pejorative “illegal aliens” and liberals using the cuddly “undocumented immigrants.” We’ll split the difference here and use the term “illegal immigrants,”...
Renting to Roommates: 6 Tips to Keep Your Sanity (and Profits) with Several Signers
Being a mum of five should have made it much easier to deal with the disagreements of roommate-renters, right? Absolutely not! When you sign a lease agreement with more than one adult renter, things can get complicated quickly. What happens if one roommate moves out,...
Renters Have Changed Drastically, But Have Landlords Kept Up?
What did renters look like 20 years ago? Form an image in your mind of the stereotypical renter from the late ‘90s. Got it? Perhaps you thought of people like the cast of Friends: young, single, not earning a whole lot. And you would be right… for 20 years ago....Learn More About:
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The Charming & Witty Founders of Spark Rental
Denise Supplee is a landlord and former property manager, with over a decade's experience in legal forms for landlords and property managers. She's also a champion mom and licensed realtor.
Brian Davis is a landlord and real estate investor with 15 rental properties. Husband, rental industry expert and compulsive traveler, Brian visited ten countries last year.
Our goal in building Spark Rental? To help other landlords & property managers automate their rentals like we've done, so they can spend more time with the people and passions they love.