New Flooring for Your Rentals? One way to keep your best tenants, attract good ones, and keep cash flow rolling for the years ahead, is to consider some refurbishments or even upgrades to your rental house or apartment. Flooring is one improvement that you could undertake at any time of the year. New Flooring is…

Best Brands for Rental Properties As we enter the spring maintenance season, quite a few property managers will be tasked to repair, replace or upgrade everything from kitchen appliances, washers and dryers, to fixing toilets, pipes, roofs and windows that are leaking. All those maintenance, repairs and replacement expenses represent a continuous drain on your…

What is Renter's Insurance? Renter's insurance is a policy with an insurance coverage provider.   It's to help protect renters' personal property and liabilities in the event of an accident or disaster (i.e. fire, theft, etc.). Your landlord's insurance policy generally does not typically cover a rental tenants' possessions.  Renter's insurance is inexpensive and is easy…

Management Success Paired with a Thoughtful Maintenance Program In the previous article, we recommended that property managers use a sample checklist to track progress and outcomes for property performances in different aspects.  Property maintenance is one of the most regular and important services to tenants. Thus, property managers should establish a maintenance program to create…