How Much Rent Can I Charge?
Sunday, January 19
As Much As You Want — Unless You Want Actual Tenants. One of the more challenging parts of managing rental properties is deciding where to set your rental amounts. Charge too much, and you’ll have unwanted vacancies. Charge too little, and you’re leaving money on the table and potentially ...
Is This A Good Rental Investment? Part I: Assessing The Location
Sunday, January 12
Even A Great Deal on a House can Fail You in the Wrong Neighborhood. If you just follow the regular news it seems almost everywhere you look today real estate values are going up. Jump on the internet and you’ll find plenty of supposed deals on rental properties. Well, all is not as it s...
How to get Your Landlord to Treat You Better
Sunday, January 05
Here’s a surprise: the better you treat the landlord, the better most of them will treat you! OK, so let’s get one fact out of the way: there are slumlords out there who will treat you like crap no matter how excellent you are to them. But given that your landlord is a human being with a co...
New Tax Laws Affecting Landlords Coming!
Monday, December 30
For a change you may actually like these! The IRS has issued it’s long and complex regulations that explain how to deduct improvements and repairs to rental properties. The regulations take effect on January 1st, 2014, and offers up several changes that rental owners may find downright pleas...
Who Is Your Best Ally in Fighting Crime at Your Properties?
Friday, December 27
You may be surprised to learn it’s your tenants! There’s no such thing as a neighborhood with no crime. There are neighborhoods with less reported crime, and there are those areas that are plainly high-crime neighborhoods — but no matter where your property is located, you’re eventually goin...
Broken Leases - How Much Do Tenants Owe?
Sunday, December 15
The better this is defined in your lease, the better your chances of actually collecting something! So, here’s a scenario for you: a new tenant signs a lease and gives every indication that they’re about to move in…and then something comes up and they have to turn around and leave. They as...