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All Forum Posts by: Travis Bohling

Travis Bohling has started 2 posts and replied 59 times.

Post: Setting Leases to end in Peak Months?

Travis Bohling
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  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

Your intuition about leasing interest dropping throughout the last quarter of the year is accurate. We see this annually in the Phoenix area and ensure we do not have lease-ending dates during this period. We consider prime leasing season to be Feb-July.

Post: Update on the best Flat Fee Listing Services

Travis Bohling
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  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

Hi Sandy, give Richard a call at AZ Flat Fee. He will take great care of you.

www.azflatfee.com

Post: DOOM LOOP: Fed's new rate hike brings it to a 22-year high

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

The free money bonanza of the past 20 years is over, at least until the next pivot. It will be interesting to see how investors adjust their portfolio allocations now that the risk-free rate is so generous. 

Post: Tenant Background Check with Criminal Record

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

Rent Perfect is a great screening tool with comprehensive reports. https://www.rentperfect.com/

Post: Best way to market a MTR/LTR rental...

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

Zillow dominates the search volume by prospective tenants.

Post: Section 8 Tenants, are they really that bad?

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

Section 8 tenants can be great, awful, or somewhere in between just like non-subsidized residents. Careful investigation of credit, criminal, and rental history during the application process is the best way to minimize the risks of any tenant placement. I would also consider which section 8 agency you will be dealing with. Some are responsive, proactive, and care about their participants. Other agencies are slow, incompetent, and painful to deal with. 

Post: Tenants helping with property management tasks

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

On-site managers can be a blessing or a curse. If you have the right person, you have eyes on the property and hopefully a better resident experience for the other tenants. If you have the wrong person, you could deal with embezzlement, fair housing complaints, labor law claims, and community drama. 

Post: Property management in Northern Phoenix/Glendale/Peoria

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

Hey Dan, welcome to the valley! I agree with Nathan's comments above regarding the saturation of PM companies. Out of the 27 markets I have experience in, Phx is by far the most competitive. We have a great mix of national roll-up brands but also plenty of Realtors running the boutique PM strategy. Phx is also one of the most attractive markets for investors so there is plenty of market share for each of the strategies. Are you a current member of NARPM? Any interest in joining? We have 2 local chapters with excellent engagement. Let me know if I can help you with anything or answer any other questions.   

Post: Excessive use of washer by tenant

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

A load of laundry takes between 7 and 19 gallons of water per load. That would equate to a lot of loads of laundry to triple the bill. You may have an active leak or running toilet. 

Post: Property owner cannot keep an extra set of keys per the PM contract

Travis Bohling
Posted
  • Property Manager
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 73

We strongly discourage landlords from possessing a key so there can never be an unauthorized access complaint from a resident. This is 1 of the many ways we reduce liability for our landlords.