The Landlord’s Guide to State & Federal Rental Application Laws
Before doing any other tenant screening, having a fully completed and signed rental application form for each applicant over the age of eighteen is a must! Only then is it worth running tenant screening reports, contacting employers and former landlords, and so on....
The Shrinking Generational Gap & Shifting Renter Demographics
People often look to the millennial generation for an idea of where markets will trend. And with good reason — this is the largest generation since the baby boomers, and is expected to overtake the number of baby boomers in 2019 when trends hit 73 million millennials...
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,”...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.