Want to know what real estate professionals know about renting a home? Successful advertising campaigns don’t just happen. Property managers and real estate agents supply their clients with information to prepare the home for the market with targeted advice to ensure that their home rents as high and as fast as possible. You can entice well-qualified…
Top 10 – Our Best Property Management Advice
With a lot of thought and some help from a few pals in property management, here is my top-10, best pieces of advice that I can give YOU about owning investment property in 2024. I’ve even included some links to other helpful blogs in case you really wanted to “nerd it up” and make a…
How to Vet Tenants…Even If You’re Too Nice
First of all, it isn’t about “nice” it’s about putting your needs first. A rental home is a business, and you must treat it as one. Most people can understand that before you look out for others, you must look out for #1. Protecting yourself means protecting your rental and in-turn, your wealth. There is…
Stage Your Rental Home To Rent Higher & Faster!
Yes, people DO stage rental homes and yes it works like a charm! In the multi-family property management industry and after years of working at Stephanie Clark Property Management on the residential rental side of things, I’ve learned that staging a rental can make all the difference in number of days on the market and higher rent…
Understand Vacancy Loss – Treat your rental like a business!
Because you GOTTA rent your home Many of our clients are in the land-lording business because they have to be, not because they desire to be. They are not typically like my investors-type clients who plan and save for out-of-pocket costs like expenses for marketing the home for rent, repairs, preventative maintenance and of course regular updating…
Hire A Property Manager to Avoid The Worst Tenants
What is a Property Manager? A Property Manager is a trusted professional. An asset. A middleman. A lifesaver. Maybe most important of all: A BUFFER. A buffer from what? Things you never even thought of. It’s not as easy as we make it look If you have ever had a home that you rented…
You Can Rent Your Waterfront, Luxury, High-End Home!
Frequently I get calls from prospective clients with high-end, waterfront, or other luxury homes who want to know if their upscale abode is viable as a rental property. The answer is absolutely!! People do lease homes that command rents over $3,000, $4000 and even higher! There is most certainly a market for upscale and specialty homes. Competition is tough, so bring your A-game…