Welcome to our informative and insightful blog series, where we delve deep into the world of rental housing pricing and trends with the help of a seasoned property manager. Whether you're a prospective tenant searchin...

Hi everyone, for those of you who use smart locks I'm curious if you're putting a smart lock on all exterior doors or just the front door? My STR has 3 doors leading to the exterior of the house (front door, back door...

Hi All,I recently acquired a property that has a smartlock. I would like to avoid providing keys to the tenants and just have them setup and control the codes for access. Smartlocks are expensive, I hate to have to sw...

My current tenants are coming to an end of the lease. In case they do not stay put, I'd be looking for new tenants in next few months. I was wondering what kind of value-adds can I spend money on to increase rent for ...

Hi all! What speeds would you recommend putting in a medium-term furnished rental? It's a 3 bedroom house and we plan to use technology such as a smart lock, WIFI exterior cameras, and a smart thermostat. That on top ...

I'm in the process of renovating my latest rental house.  I've been thinking about Smart-Home features which would be beneficial to a landlord as opposed to wiz-bang cool features to attract tenants. Specifically, I'm...

I've been toying with the idea of automating my showings as well as allowing qualified prospects to view the property alone and at their convenience. So far I've learned of 3 services that help with both: Rently, Show...

My property management company utilizes self-showings and I'm curious to hear from others who also do this. Is there anything you do to optimize self-showing?For example, typically a potential tenant would have the op...

I got my invite today to join the Google Glass 2.0 "explorers club." I want to do it even though it seems to be an overpriced beta testing relationship that probably benefits Google more than users. I just ...

I recently took over a small building in a A area, very Ritzy in Stamford, and I am in the process of a small experiment. It's only four units, so it's a controlled test to see if smart devices can raise the rent and ...