• Maintenance Tips , Management Tips ,
• 18 Nov

If you haven’t spent much time on our website in a while, it may be time to look around a bit more.  We’ve added a complete library of landlord resources to help rental property owners with many aspects of the rental cycle.  Get answers to the most frequently asked questions, and also learn how to avoid

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• Maintenance Tips ,
• 14 May

By Josh Kattenberg A property owner bolts awake at two in the morning in a cold sweat—images of his rental, dirty, damaged, and trashed, fresh in his mind. The lost revenue, the cost of cleanup, the headache of trying to get the tenant to pay for the damage all crowd out any hope of a

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• Maintenance Tips ,
• 14 May

By Josh Kattenberg Changing furnace filters: “Isn’t the tenant supposed to do that? After all, the lease says they are responsible for changing the filters.” The real questions is not “Whose responsibility is it to change the furnace filter?” Rather the question is, “How are you, the property owner, going to protect the most expensive

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• Maintenance Tips ,
• 14 May

By Josh Kattenberg Lock bumping is a simple method for defeating a door lock to gain entry to a property.   Various lock companies make security locks that make is harder for thieves to pick the lock using this simple technique. The security locks are more expensive ($50 vs. $15), but some brands also allow the

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• Maintenance Tips ,
• 14 May

By Josh Kattenberg In a matter of moments, carpeting, wood floors, baseboard, walls and ceiling, and personal property can be flooded with water. Who knew water damage could cause so much damage so fast? Here are just a few tips to help if you have water damage, whether it is a sewer back up, broken