by Jim Cirigliano | Last updated Sep 29, 2023 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
I love animals. I have almost always had at least one pet in my home. Pets enrich our lives and provide unmatched companionship and unconditional love. Except for my cat, whose affection seems to depend on my filling his bowl—and, even then, often includes the use of...
by Jim Cirigliano | Last updated Sep 19, 2023 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
I have a theory that nobody likes insurance. Don’t get me wrong, it’s important and often required by law or by lenders. But insurance is just so psychologically unsatisfying. I don’t know anyone who’s really excited to get their sweet new coverage. At best it gives...
by Guest Author | Last updated Oct 7, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
Almost half of California’s residents live in rentals. The cost of living, especially rental rates, has risen dramatically over the last two decades, creating some of the least affordable rental housing in the world in many California cities. California’s...
by Emma Dudley | Last updated Sep 14, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Spark Blog |
Becoming a landlord is stressful enough without getting nickeled and dimed by property managers. When you hire a property manager, you delegate the labor of advertising vacant rentals, screening tenants, signing lease agreements, and collecting rent to them. For the...
by Jim Cirigliano | Last updated Jul 18, 2023 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
It’s hard to make sense of the real estate market right now. The rising interest rates that began in 2022 have made mortgages more expensive. And yet home prices in most markets continued to rise, and rents along with them, as demand for homes remained strong into...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated May 12, 2023 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
People are clumsy, dirty, accident-prone Tasmanian devils. That goes double for children, and says nothing of pets. Homeowners are no better, but they have so much money invested in their property that they take more care not to damage it. But renters? Fuhget about...