Renter Management, Property Management
What you need to know to better manage your tenants and your properties for maximum ROI
How do I improve my returns? With better renter management.
Managing renters is a lot harder than it looks.
That goes doubly for lower-end neighborhoods, too. Renters and landlords often clash, because renters want the most money invested in their property, and the lowest possible rent. Landlords, of course, want the opposite.
How can landlords raise the rent without losing tenants? What about property upgrades with the highest ROI? Are there cheap ways to boost property values and rents?
We’ve got you covered.
We know that property management is part art, part science, and part samurai skill set. Here are some articles to get you started, provide some tips and ideas, and generally make your life as a property manager easier.
“Required Reading” – Start Here First!
Tenants can be extremely difficult to manage. And properties? It often feels like something breaks every time someone sneezes. Learning how to manage renters and properties is a skill set in its own right, so we’ll help you get their faster. After all, better property management means better ROI!
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More Cities Upping Legal Liability for Landlords: 5 Tips to Protect Yourself
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...
Tenant Damage to Property: How to Prevent & React to Rental Property Damage
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...
Rent Stabilization in NYC: What Landlords Need to Know
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...
New Laws Criminalizing Landlords: Is Orange the New Landlord Uniform?
Image Credit: Officer Bimblebury under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licenseWhen 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...
Free Prorated Rent Calculator
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...
Cap Rates in Real Estate Investing: A Non-Nerd’s Guide
Not a big ol’ nerd for personal finance and real estate like I am? No sweat. We’ll keep the math simple. After all, math is a lot more fun when you’re calculating your future riches, right? Break out a cocktail napkin (and a cocktail to match), because calculating cap...
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