Top Ten Things to Include in Your Rental Application
Wednesday, June 16
There are plenty of stressors that come with the territory of being a landlord. Lucky for you, the acceptance of a rental application as part of regular operating procedure on the part of the prospective tenants isn’t one of them. For years now, rental applications for the purpose of pre-screenin...
The Dos and Don’ts of Screening Tenants Through Social Media
Tuesday, June 15
When Myspace first came on the scene in 2003 as one of the earliest social media platforms, no one could have imagined the digital revolution just on the horizon. Fast forward to today and it is hard to remember a time when half of our lives were not lived on the internet. These days a person’s ...
How Can You Tell if a Tenant is Right for You?
Thursday, June 10
A landlord’s job can be mighty tricky, especially when it comes to the process of selecting new renters. Not many people desire to be in the position of splitting hairs and passing judgement on strangers based on little more than the fact that they look good on paper. It can be a tough role to pl...
Passive Tenant Screening: Filter Candidates Without Lifting a Finger
Tuesday, June 08
If you’ve been a landlord in the past 20ish years, or even a renter for that matter, you’re probably more than familiar with the screening process. Credit checks, criminal history reviews and employment references have become industry standard in terms of what you can expect when you’re looking t...
Riding the Digital Wave: Surf’s Up for Online Rental Payment
Thursday, June 03
In the sea of options for rental payment methods, it seems that the ease and convenience of online payment has traditionally been reserved for the biggest fish. Large apartment complexes and real estate conglomerates have long enjoyed the luxury status of being the only ones to offer a digital op...
Harness the Power of Late Fees
Tuesday, June 01
If you’ve been a landlord long enough, you’ve run into this issue. You have a great, long-time tenant, who, every month, pays their rent like clockwork. That is, if their clock runs hours, days, or even weeks behind. That’s right. Late payment is a common problem that creates all sorts of issues ...