by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Property Management, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Years ago, I had a tenant who violated a zoning ordinance. Local laws prohibited placing barbecue grills on the rental property patios or porches. Mind you, this was not about use; it was about storage on the outside of the residential property. Well, guess who...
by Rick Blumenberg | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
Have you ever had a tenant damage your property? If not, count yourself lucky. As a landlord, the more important question is “How can I prevent tenant property damage?” And, if the worst happens, how do I handle tenant damage to property? How to Prevent Tenant...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Sep 24, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
TL;DR On Buying Your First Rental Property: Rental properties require more upfront investment and expertise than equities, like index funds, making them less accessible but potentially offering higher returns with lower volatility due to these entry barriers. Various...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
New Yorkers love to complain about rents. Which is precisely why New York City has more rent-controlled and rent-stabilized units than any other city in the country. With rising home prices and rental rates rising again after falling in the Covid-19 pandemic, here’s...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Property Management, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Image Credit: Officer Bimblebury under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license When did we as a society start criminalizing landlords? Like so many other creeping, insidious changes in our society, it didn’t happen overnight. An early...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 28, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
The Big Picture on Our Prorated Rent Calculator: Prorated rent refers to charging a tenant for a partial month’s rent when the lease starts or ends mid-month. For instance, if a lease begins on September 25, the tenant would owe rent for the remaining days of...