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Rental Payments Slow Down in Early July, Fall to 77 Percent
The National Multifamily Housing Council’s most recent rent tracker shows a decline in rental payments in early July compared to previous months. The most recent...
4 Steps to Make Rental Home Carpet Last Longer
Flooring experts believe carpets should be changed every seven years, but not many carpets make it to that timeline, especially in a rental home,...
Need A Parking Lot Makeover At Your Property?
Enter to win our parking lot makeover contest and get your potholes and rough pavement fixed to keep you and your tenants happy. NYS Enterprises...
Portland Rents Continue Decline During Pandemic
Rents in Portland continued to decline in June, dropping another 0.1 percent after a 0.3 percent drop in May, according to the latest report...
Ask Landlord Hank: I Am Thinking About Buying A Duplex
What to consider when buying a duplex is this week's question for veteran real estate investor and property manager Hank Rossi for Ask Landlord...
Salt Lake City Rents Declined Over The Past Month
Salt Lake City rents have declined 0.1 percent over the past month, but have remained steady at 0.2 percent in comparison to the same...
How Some Innovative Services Can Get Property Managers In Trouble in Oregon
Property managers can get in trouble in Oregon with some innovative services due to the archaic Oregon Landlord/Tenant Act attorney Brad Kraus points out...
Lawmakers Extend Oregon Eviction Moratorium Through End of September
Lawmakers have voted to extend the Oregon eviction moratorium for both residential and commercial properties through the end of September and give renters until...
Justice Department Sues Owner, Manager of Rental Properties for Sexual Harassment of Female Tenant
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit alleging that the owner and manager of rental properties in Davenport, Iowa violated the Fair Housing Act...
Looking for DST Properties for Sale? See Our 1031 DST Marketplace
If you are looking for DST properties for sale, here is why a comprehensive 1031 DST marketplace is imperative for 1031 exchange investors. By Orrin...
Property Management Companies, Others Sue Seattle Over Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Property management companies in Seattle and other businesses have filed a class-action suit in federal court against the City of Seattle over the Capitol...
Do I Have to Paint and Replace Flooring for a Long-Term Tenant?
When do rental property managers have an obligation to do upgrades for long-term tenants, such as replace flooring or painting, is the question this...
TOP STORIES
No Guns In My Apartments: Can A Landlord Say That And Put It In A Lease?
“No guns in my apartments” is again a point of discussion with the recent mass shootings. How are landlords to decide whether to prohibit...
Can I Say “No Pot In My Apartments” When It’s Legal In My State?
California just became the world's largest legal marijuana market. When pot is legal in a state, what issues does this present to property managers...
Why Is The Internet In Apartment Complexes So Bad?
Sponsored Blog Can A Multifamily Internet System With WiFi Installation Be The Ticket? By Hart Steen An Educational Series for Apartment Owners Part 1 - Modem Service...
Solving The Pet Pee Needs In An Urban High-Rise Apartment
How to solve pet pee needs in the middle of the night when you live in a high-rise apartment can be a real challenge....
The Scoop On How Pet DNA Testing Fixes Your Apartment Poop Problem
Pets are a way of life in rental housing and if you want your rentals fully leased, pet owners are a key tenant demographic...
7 Issues And Answers About Renting To Felons
7 issues and answers about renting to felons that landlords and property managers need to know now that Portland is considering placing rules on...
Legislation Changing in Many States to Make Them Less Landlord-Friendly
Legislation recently passed or pending in many states is making them more tenant-friendly and less landlord-friendly, according to some new research by RentCafe. With Oregon...
The Changing Role of the Property Manager from Handyman to Almost An Attorney
The changing role of the property manager today requires more and more knowledge of ever-changing local city ordinances, state laws and federal rules. By John...
Which Cooktop Is Best For Your Rental Property?
The pros and cons of which cooktop is best for your rental property - gas, electric, smoothtop or induction - is the maintenance checkup...
A Guide To 4 Types Of Flat Roof Systems
The maintenance checkup this week provided by Keepe focuses on a guide to flat roof systems for your rental property. Flat roofs can offer a clean look...
6 Ways To Trash Your Apartment Waste Management Issues
The maintenance checkup this week provided by Keepe focuses on the challenges of apartment waste management. Whether you manage a single apartment complex or multiple high-rise apartment...
Five Holiday Decorating Guidelines To Give Your Tenants
Five holiday decorating guidelines for your tenants to keep them happy and avoid maintenance issues and damages is this week’s maintenance tip from Keepe. As...
MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
4 Steps to Make Rental Home Carpet Last Longer
Flooring experts believe carpets should be changed every seven years, but not many carpets make it to that timeline, especially in a rental home,...
Portland Rents Continue Decline During Pandemic
Rents in Portland continued to decline in June, dropping another 0.1 percent after a 0.3 percent drop in May, according to the latest report...
Ask Landlord Hank: I Am Thinking About Buying A Duplex
What to consider when buying a duplex is this week's question for veteran real estate investor and property manager Hank Rossi for Ask Landlord...
Salt Lake City Rents Declined Over The Past Month
Salt Lake City rents have declined 0.1 percent over the past month, but have remained steady at 0.2 percent in comparison to the same...
How Some Innovative Services Can Get Property Managers In Trouble in Oregon
Property managers can get in trouble in Oregon with some innovative services due to the archaic Oregon Landlord/Tenant Act attorney Brad Kraus points out...
Lawmakers Extend Oregon Eviction Moratorium Through End of September
Lawmakers have voted to extend the Oregon eviction moratorium for both residential and commercial properties through the end of September and give renters until...
Do I Have to Paint and Replace Flooring for a Long-Term Tenant?
When do rental property managers have an obligation to do upgrades for long-term tenants, such as replace flooring or painting, is the question this...
Potential Tenants Like Self-Guided Rental Housing Tours Without The Agent
Self-guided rental housing tours in person, without the agent, are growing in popularity – not virtual tours which are everywhere – but actual in-person...
Kitchen Range Hood Options for Your Rentals
Having the right kind of kitchen range hood in your rentals can help make cleaning easier for you and your tenants, keep the air...
Need to Sell A Rental Property, But Have Long-Term Tenant in Place
When to sell a rental property is a question faced by many real estate investors so in this week’s Ask Landlord Hank he offers some...
LEGAL
Justice Department Sues Owner, Manager of Rental Properties for Sexual Harassment of Female Tenant
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit alleging that the owner and manager of rental properties in Davenport, Iowa violated the Fair Housing Act...
Property Management Companies, Others Sue Seattle Over Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Property management companies in Seattle and other businesses have filed a class-action suit in federal court against the City of Seattle over the Capitol...
Lawsuit Seeks To Allow Landlords To Start Evicting Tenants
A lawsuit has been filed in California that seeks to overturn an emergency order that prohibits landlords from evicting tenants who can pay rent...
Property Management Company to Pay Tenants $300,000 to Settle Eviction Moratorium Lawsuit
JRK Residential Group violated the Washington eviction moratorium by threatening tenants and starting to evict 14 of them, and will pay $350,000 to settle...
Handling Maintenance Issues During a Pandemic: A Legal Perspective
Are there legal issues for a landlord around handling maintenance issues during a pandemic? Attorney Brad Kraus takes on that issue this month. Bradley S....
Seattle Adds an Inability-to-Pay Defense to Eviction Protection For Six Months
In an effort to provide renters with more protection against evictions, the Seattle City Council created an inability-to-pay defense that renters can use in...
Unintended Issues Presented by COVID-19 Moratoria
Bradley S. Kraus Attorney at Law, Warren Allen, LLP There is an old saying often uttered by attorneys: “Bad facts make bad law.” If COVID-19 has...
Seattle Landlords Lose First-Come, First-Served Case Petition
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Seattle landlords’ appeal of the controversial first-come, first-served law, requiring landlords to accept the first qualified tenant...
Oregon Landlords Ask Governor Not to Allow Forgiveness of Rent, Mortgages
The top landlord group in Oregon has written the governor asking her to “please ignore the misguided and uninformed correspondence“ from the Portland City...
COVID-19: Landlord/Tenant Law in the Age of Global Pandemic
By Bradley S. Kraus Attorney at Law, Warren Allen, LLP Much like everything else in the world, the relationship between landlords and tenants changed dramatically with...
NEWS AND TRENDS
Rental Payments Slow Down in Early July, Fall to 77 Percent
The National Multifamily Housing Council’s most recent rent tracker shows a decline in rental payments in early July compared to previous months. The most recent...
Rent Payment Tracker: 92.2 Percent of Apartment Households Paid Rent as of June 20
The rent payment tracker for June showed 92.2 percent of apartment households had paid some rent by June 20, according to a release from...
Properties, Property Managers Must Adapt to Renter Needs, Changes
Renters are changing, and the properties and property managers of the future are going to have to be increasingly flexible to adapt to evolving...
3 In 10 Americans Missed Housing Payments in June
At the beginning of June, 30 percent of Americans missed housing payments, down slightly from 31 percent in May but still up from 24...
National Rents Continue Downward In May
National rents continued their downward trend in May, reaching their lowest year-over-year level since February 2011, according to the latest report from Yardi Matrix. During...
How the Pandemic Will Affect the Future of Apartments And What People Rent
Space in home and community design is more important than ever with the pandemic and with so many people working from home, John Burns...
Pandemic Leads to Rent Decline in Portland
Portland has seen a rent decline of 0.3 percent in the past month as rents in many places have started to dip during the...
Coronavirus Causes Biggest Annual Rent-Growth Slowdown in at Least 5 Years
The pace of year-over-year growth saw the biggest one-month rent-growth slowdown since at least 2014, up just 2.9 percent in April after 3.4 percent...
Cities That Keep the Most Jobs During Downturns
Keeping jobs during downturns, often called “durable employment,” shows up much more in some cities than in others, according to new research from Yardi...
Residential Rental Companies Lose $4.6 Million Annually to Fraudulent Rental Applications
Two-thirds of property managers say they’ve fallen victim to fraudulent rental applications, which drive higher evictions, property damage, and criminal activity, according to a...
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Kay Properties Online Real Estate Marketplace Platform
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How to Manage Tenant Communication During COVID-19
By Barbara Jackson With COVID-19 affecting every aspect of daily life, it’s important for tenants to know that their landlords, property managers, and real estate...
Do You Know Credit Reporting Rules and What The CARES Act Says?
As our country experiences one of the worst economic downturns in its history, consumers and companies alike are facing unprecedented financial hardships. If you...
In a 1031 Exchange? Why waiting until after COVID-19 to complete your exchange could potentially be a bad idea
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the IRS issued Notice 2020-23 which provided a multitude of tax extensions including the extension of the...
Tips for Controlling Your Insurance Costs
With property and liability rates continuing to rise after several years of costly catastrophes, not to mention the current financial challenges of the COVID-19...
How To Update And Improve Fitness Equipment And Facilities During Covid-19
Ruben Mejia SportsArt Apartment residents across the United States are currently confined to their apartments due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. As a result, fitness rooms, rooftop, ground...
Should I Pay The Taxes Or Defer?
Should I pay the taxes, or defer, and why doing a 1031 exchange may be smart financial planning now. By Ehud Gersten Vice President, Kay Properties...
How You Can Run Maintenance Coordination at Zero Cost
By Ethan Lieber If you’ve been a property manager for long, you know that maintenance can easily be one of the biggest stressors of the...
Kay Properties Being Defensive Pays Off: Avoiding Hospitality and Senior Care
Kay Properties’ clients avoid potential hospitality and senior care crash and burn – why avoiding hospitality and senior care is the Kay Properties way By...