Rent Control—Is it Bad for Landlords?
Wednesday, September 08
We all know there are many reasons that drive landlords to raise their rent, so it's hard to imagine investing in an area that has rent control regulations in place. Who would want to restrict themselves from keeping up with market rates, inflation, tax increases, and generating more rental in...
Deep Dive into Detroit Neighborhoods: University District
Saturday, September 04
If you're like most rental investors, the City of Detroit is definitely on your radar with its affordable housing market and increasing demand for single-family homes. As a result, investors looking to yield solid cash flow are gravitating to Michigan's "Motor City," where opportunities to acqu...
Metro Detroit Cities Deep Dive: Hamtramck
Tuesday, August 24
If you’ve been interested in real estate for a while, you’ve most likely already heard of the famous rental market scene and affordable housing stock in Metro Detroit—encompassing Detroit, Warren, and Dearborn. However, Metro Detroit is also notorious for being overwhelming and confusing even to...
How to Raise Rent the Right Way
Thursday, August 19
Besides the day-to-day responsibilities of managing tenants and maintaining your properties, raising rent is an essential responsibility of every landlord. As expenses rise, rent amounts need to climb alongside them, so you can: 1. Keep up with inflation and market rates2. Pay for increasing prop...
A Tale of Two Rental Markets: Metro Detroit vs. Indianapolis
Wednesday, August 11
Are you looking for the best place in the USA to invest in rental properties? With 25+ years of experience operating as a Property Management Company (PMC) in Metro Detroit, we think our home market offers some very solid cash flow opportunities for investors. Yet, we don’t know what we don’t k...
Should You be Friends with Your Tenants or Just Friendly?
Wednesday, August 04
We’ve noticed that a lot of landlords have different approaches to the way they deal with tenants. We’ve come up against countless tenant issues over the years, from late rent payments, tenants dodging phone calls and emails, and some crazy property damage that we’ve seen inside units, and we’v...