6 Things To Look For In Choosing The Right Rental Property Flooring
Choosing the right flooring for your rental property gives you several important options to consider so here are six things to look at for your property flooring.
By Lillian Connors
Choosing the best flooring for your...
7 Types Of Kitchen Countertops For Your Rental Properties and Apartments
The maintenance checkup this week, provided by Keepe, looks at 7 types of kitchen countertops for your rental properties and apartments and which works best for you.
Appliances aren’t the only thing that can make or break an...
Portable Cooling Devices and the ORLTA: How SB 1536 Affects You
Portable cooling devices, Oregon SB 1536, and how this law impacts both landlords and tenants and the requirements it places on them.
By Bradley S. Kraus
Partner, Warren Allen LLP
The 2022 legislative session has concluded. When...
Three Steps to Becoming a Successful, Lazy Landlord
Here are three steps to becoming a successful "lazy" landlord that you can implement starting today to begin the process of transforming your management style.
By Scot Aubrey
On my first trip to the doctor’s office...
Tenants Not Telling Landlord About Dead Smoke Detector, Now What?
A landlord wants to know what to do if there is a dead smoke detector in his rental property and tenants are not telling him about it or fixing it is question this week...
Key Components of Effective Communication with Residents
Here are some of the key components of effective communication with residents when there is such a wide variety of multifamily communication channels.
By Kristina Rauscher
Having an effective communication plan for on-site property teams to...
What Is Best Approach for Operating and Managing a Rental Property?
A landlord asking what is the best approach for operating and managing a rental property is the question this week for Ask Landlord Hank. Remember Hank is not an attorney and he is not offering...
ADA, HUD, the Fair Housing Act: Which One Applies to Housing and Support Animals?
With many different laws governing service animals, it can be confusing as to which ones apply to housing providers and what questions they are allowed to ask. This article will review the different laws...
Multiple Tenants On Lease: Can One Bad Applicant Spoil the Whole Bunch?
As rents increase more rental properties are being shared by more than one tenant, so here are three questions to answer before you sign with multiple tenants on the lease.
By David Pickron
It might seem...
3 Common Plumbing Emergencies In Rental Properties And What To Do
Here are several common plumbing emergencies in rental properties and what to do in each case.
By Phil Schaller
Plumbing issues can range from a rapidly flooding basement to a small leak. All of these issues...