So you’re thinking about selling your home down the road? You’ll likely be caught in the same dilemma that many homeowners deal with. Do you spend the money it takes to upgrade a home you plan to sell? The answer… Read More
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Commercial Leasing Tips
When you’ve put all of your blood, sweat, tears, and cash into a project like a start-up business, you take your work seriously. Finding the right space to take your business to the next level is stressful. You have big… Read More
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A Property Manager’s Guide to Spotting Bad Tenants
Some property managers claim to have developed a sixth sense about tenants. They can easily spot a wolf in sheep’s clothing and have the experience to pick up on warning signs. If you’re new to the game and aren’t sure… Read More
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Residential Leasing How-To: Writing your Pet Policy
Last year an impressive 68 percent of households owned a pet of some kind. As a landlord allowing pets can be a tough choice. On one hand, adopting a pet-friendly approach gives you a much larger pool of potential tenants… Read More
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Home Staging Tips for the First-Time Seller
One of the most stressful aspects of putting your home on the market for the first time is trying to sell your lifestyle to strangers. Part of selling your home is making it appealing to potential buyers through staging. While… Read More
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Cold Weather Property Management
Winter is well underway but far from it’s end. The temperature is getting ready to drop again, and we are in for some more snow before spring warms everything back up. Dealing with property management during freezing temperatures can lead… Read More
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Property Management and Prompt Rent Collection
All of the Green, None of the Worry We all are familiar with the adage “time is money.” Owning a rental property comes with many responsibilities—responsibilities that require just that, time. Prompt rent collection is just one of the many… Read More
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A Property Manager’s Guide to Tenant Disputes
The music’s too loud. They party every weekend. They have offensive window decorations. Do you really want to know what that smell is? Like it or not, that tenant on your property is yours and not someone else’s. Their neighbors… Read More
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How Association Management Can Help You Budget for 2015
The New Year is about new beginnings. Sometimes this is good. Sometimes this is troublesome, especially when you aren’t prepared. As the calendar flips to 2015, homeowners associations are met with new challenges, specifically budgeting for the New Year. What… Read More
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Property Management and Tenant Screening: Avoid Problems before They Happen
Owning and operating a rental property, whether an apartment complex, a condo, a single family home, or whatever, can be a very rewarding experience – both figuratively and literally – if you go about things in the right way. This… Read More