6 Simple Tips to Help Keep Your Tenants Happy (& Paying)
Keeping your tenants happy is the key to success in a rental property business. It takes a significant amount of time and money to find and retain great tenants, and…
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What to Do When Vacating Tenants Owe More Money Than Their Deposit Will Cover
(The following is an excerpt from the new book from BiggerPockets, The Book on Managing Rental Properties. If you are looking to earn more and have less stress with your rentals, pick…
12 Steps to Quickly Filling Your Rentals (& Keeping Them Full!)
As a property investor, there’s nothing that kills your profitability faster than empty houses. As a property manager, it’s in your best interest to make sure that your clients —…
8 Steps for Successfully Investing in Vacation Rentals
There’s just something about summer. No matter where you are or what you do, summer brings out the excitement that’s just a step or two below the thrill of the…
Zen & the Art of Property Maintenance: How to Gracefully Handle Tenant Repair Calls
“Logic presumes a separation of subject from object; therefore logic is not final wisdom. This is Zen. This is my motorcycle maintenance.” Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of…
Every Landlord Should Hire a Leasing Agent: Here’s Why
Every landlord has a lot of tough questions to answer. One question that each landlord will face will be whether or not to manage their rentals themselves or to hire…
4 Compelling Reasons to Invest in a Vacation Property
Owning a vacation home can be a good investment, but you need to be careful when buying, as many investors buy a vacation home for all the wrong reasons. Since…
The Top 7 Laws Every Landlord Needs to Study
Successfully managing an investment property is about much more than finding the perfect tenant for the perfect unit. It’s even more important to understand the legalities associated with running a…
How to Furnish Vacation Rentals for Maximum Rentability
I don’t currently own a vacation rental, but I prefer to stay in them when traveling, so I feel like I have the experience from a user’s perspective to voice…
The 5 Things You Need to Do to Dominate Property Management
Property management isn’t easy nor is it meant for the faint of heart. But it is critical for any buy and hold investor. You may make your money when you…
10 Tasks Vacation Homeowners Should Complete NOW to Prepare For the Summer Rush
Summer is right around the corner, and for most vacation homeowners, this usually means “high season.” Today, I thought we would look at 10 great tips for setting up your…
Dirt, Dead Mice & Cobwebs, Oh My: What I Learned From My Latest Tenant Horror Story
A few months back, the first tenant I had in the first house I bought post bankruptcy moved out. He had been with me for over 3 years and had always…
How to Find the Right Rental Lease for Your Landlording Business
In the late 1920s, President Coolidge invited some friends to dine with him at the White House. Not wanting to make fools of themselves and unsure of the proper etiquette…
