If there is one thing that all property managers want, itâs an over abundance of qualified potential residents who need to rent or lease a place to live. The mentality of landlords vs. tenants has changed. Many managers and owners have taken the residents for granted for a long time. In writing via email more […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
You know, not everyone has a gift for writing. Some people donât even have the basics. When I was younger, my mother was a librarian and an English teacher. She and I would sit at the kitchen table in the evenings, me struggling with the complexities of Algebra (many of which I, to this day, […]
I remember when I first started in the apartment industry, someone told me to always ask my residents if there was anything in their apartment that needed fixing. Now, at the time, I thought that was kind of odd. Why would we ask if there was something WRONG with our product? That seemed ⊠I […]
The year 2013 will go down in the record books as a good year for both owners and managers of residential income properties. As I wrote recently in an article titled, Itâs Tough to Afford to be a Renter These Days, âHousing affordability doesnât look too promising as 2014 begins. If you listen to the […]
Letâs look at a tried and true way to measure rental property investment returns and what we as buyers should be looking for in our purchases. Total investment returns in real estate are really comprised of two pieces: operating positive cash flows and long-term appreciation. In todayâs world, even though it probably will come, we […]