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Single family housing rents rose once again in the first quarter of 2013. Yet signs are beginning to reveal themselves that the seemingly endless months of rising rents may be coming to an end. The reasons are numerous but the biggest is a marked increase in the supply of rental units. In many re...
04/19/2013
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For years now, restaurants and other service providers have used Yelp as their local review site. They’ve learned how to not just take the good reviews with the bad reviews, but also figure out how to manage those bad reviews so that people will still trust them and try them out. With review site...
04/16/2013
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The rental application process can be long and frustrating for both the property manager and the applicant. A large amount of paperwork must be filled out, hours must be spent checking references, employment records and credit histories, and money must be spent to maintain all the programs that a...
04/11/2013
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In any business, time is money. Therefore, why are you forcing potential tenants to spend more time than they have to filling out a rental application? The use of a rental application pdf is not the same thing as using a purely online system of processing rental applications. Here are some reason...
04/08/2013
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Yes, I heard your collective sigh of frustration when you read that title. Yes, I know that every day seems to bring another form of Internet marketing that you just “have to” be using. But trust me when I say that this one is different. Who hasn’t heard of Google by now? Probably even people liv...
04/02/2013
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As a property manager, figuring out what exactly wear and tear constitutes is a constant battle. Every case can be slightly different. When dealing with people living in a property you manage, there will always be some wear and tear on items within the unit. However, not everyone has the same def...
04/01/2013
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Sometimes the owners of rental properties are too trusting for their own good. You, as the property manager, undoubtedly know what I’m referring to. But that’s why the owner hires you to begin with. They don’t want to have to deal directly with the resident-tenant, right? For this article I wante...
03/27/2013
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As property managers, we’re all aware of the multitude of issues that frequently arise with unreliable tenants. Late rental payments, disturbing the peace, illegal activity, and a general disregard for the property are all problems that typically arise in the property management industry. Many ti...
03/25/2013
These days, it is rare to complete applications by paper. If you are are a property manager, it may be a good idea to switch to a paperless application procedure. This would allow tenants to fill out forms electronically, submit them electronically and hear back about the application without havi...
03/21/2013
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Rental applications can be somewhat of a hassle to deal with sometimes, especially if you are new to the rental market. California house rental applications can be even tougher when you consider that California has a list of specific rental application rules that are unique to their state only, m...
03/18/2013