The fact is that people have been relying on social proof since the beginning of time. Having a successful property management business is not immune to this human craving. People are more confident in taking any particular course of action if they can see that...
Property management photos for marketing are extremely important when posting a property to advertising. While fancy expensive cameras are wonderful if you have one, they are not necessary to take great/ professional looking photos and you can usually get the job done with a standard...
Scammers are lurking around every nook of the internet looking for easy targets. Without taking precautions, they will use your legitimate available property listings to set their traps. To help protect the public, not to mention save yourself from an annoying waste of time, continue...
If you do property management long enough, you’re going to come across a landlord that insists on you sending them the security deposits for them to hold in their own bank account. Only do this is you enjoy pain and heartache. I went on a new...
We've all received that maintenance request from a tenant saying that their garbage disposal doesn't work. The problem is that more times than not, it's because something is jammed in the blades or the reset switch needs to be clicked. I finally got tired of...
The old mantra is “All business is good business.” I’m here to tell you that that is a load of crap. In the property management world, there is a such thing as bad business and more specifically, bad owners and/or properties. The smart property manager...
Nothing is more frustrating than getting a maintenance request from a tenant saying that their air conditioner isn't working and when the HVAC vendor get's there, they find that the cause is a clogged air filter that hasn't been changed in months. If your lease...
A significant part of property management includes showing available rental properties to prospective tenants. Over the years, I’ve picked up on some general “red flags” that I look out for when interacting with these prospects. There are of course always exceptions, but by and large,...
Property Management is a task oriented business and can sometimes be death by a thousand “to dos”. Just keeping up with the flood of emails alone can be a full-time job. Then there’s collecting rent, showing properties, preparing leases, handling maintenance emergencies, putting out fires...
