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Operations

Basic Yearly Safety Checklist For Landlords’ Inspections

Landlords are responsible for ensuring that their properties are healthy and safe for tenants. The easiest way to do this is to do yearly inspections of the property. Even with …

retain good tenants
Leasing / Tips & Tricks / Uncategorized

How To Retain Good Tenants (They are hard enough to find!) 

When landlords figure out how to retain good tenants, they set themselves up for long term success. Here are a few reminders about the way to treat tenants to keep …

city inspection
Tips & Tricks / Uncategorized

Prepare Your Tenants (And Yourself!) for a City Inspection

Most cities and counties require biennial inspections for rental properties. It behooves you as a landlord to prepare your property for this. It is also wise and considerate to prepare …

great tenant perks
Leasing / Tips & Tricks / Uncategorized

Five Perks to Appreciate Great Tenants

Sometimes, giving perks to your best tenants is the right thing to do for you and your tenant. Above living in the coolest rental ever, tenants may need an extra boost to …

pet policies, landlords
Leasing / Uncategorized

Are Strict Landlord Pet Policies for the Birds?

It may sound harsh, but enforcing pet policy rules is usually in a landlord’s best interest. Just say no. In cases of slim tenant pickings, you may not have this …

Interior Decorating Ideas
Operations / Tips & Tricks / Uncategorized

Five Simple Interior Decorating Ideas to Keep your Rental Looking Fresh

Whether you want to attract a tenant or keep one, these five simple interior decorating ideas are a wonderful way to add class to your rental. There is no need to go …

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Accounting / Leasing / Operations / Success Stories / Tips & Tricks

Tips for Getting Your Tenants to Pay Rent on Time (#2 might surprise you!)

If there is one thing almost all landlords have in common, it’s that at one time or another, you may have had a tenant who wouldn’t pay their rent on time. …

Leasing / Operations / Tips & Tricks / Uncategorized

Five Impossibly Bad Tenant Renewal Incentives

Although it’s smart to offer good tenants renewal incentives, there are several incentives you should not offer tenants. Choose incentives that highlight your strengths as a landlord, and make the …

Tenant-Renew-Lease
Leasing / Operations / Tips & Tricks

Six Easy Ways to Encourage Tenants to Renew their Lease

Even if your rental is in a high-demand area, it saves you time and trouble to keep renters on for as long as possible. Review these six tips for getting …

Tenant-Misbehavior
Tips & Tricks

How to Address Undesirable Tenant Behavior Tastefully

It can be uncomfortable or awkward to address tenants about poor behavior or complaints against them, but these tips will help that conversation to be a breeze! Assume the best …

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