property management

“Weeds with Fruit”

by Brendan O'Brien | June 20, 2009

I have grape vines, apple trees, blueberry bushes and strawberries in my backyard garden, but my favorites are the strawberries. They are so easy to manage! They don’t require weeding, pruning, or spraying. They don’t get wiped out by high winds. They spread naturally without need for additional planting (put in 25 strawberry plants one [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Questions to Ask a Property Manager: Part 3 of 3

by Brendan O'Brien | December 27, 2008

Here is the third and last installment of “Questions to Ask Your Property Manager.” I am providing answers to some of the questions. However, in some cases, there is no one “right” answer. Actually, this was illustrated by the last installment, published three weeks ago. I had suggested that it is better for property managers [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Some Questions To Ask A Property Manager

by Brendan O'Brien | November 28, 2008

This started out as “Some Questions to Ask Your Property Manager.” But if you’ve already hired a property management company, you’re a bit late – you want to ask these questions before you make the hiring decision. You may even want to ask them before you settle on a property purchase. In some cases, you’ll [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Apartment Building Management Tips

by Ted Karsch | June 2, 2008

The success and profitability of an apartment building investment can often be determined by the quality of the management in place. Usually apartment buildings with more than 20 units are managed by professional property management companies and those buildings with fewer than 20 units are usually managed by the owner and a live in property [...]

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Commentary

A Rental Property Management SNAFU Story

by Joshua Dorkin | July 12, 2007

I’ll get into more details at another time, but I thought many of you would be interested in this situation . . . I have a few multi-family properties out of state and have used a management company to operate them. To date, this company has done a phenomenal job managing the properties, but earlier [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Things to Consider when Interviewing Property Management Companies

by Joshua Dorkin | October 7, 2005

Picking a great property manager for your rental properties is one of the most important tasks you’ll undertake, once you’ve actually found a good rental. In searching for a manager, you’ll want to do a thorough interview, and in doing so, you should be able to figure out if they are worth working with. Here [...]

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