Keeping Your Communications Compliant with Fair Housing
Answering questions and communicating with prospects and residents is part of the job. But what we say or write can either be fair housing compliant or leave us open to a fair housing complaint.
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Why Homeowners Should Go Smoke-Free
When you establish smoke-free housing, you’re protecting your home from possible damage while improving the chances of a higher home appraisal. Smoking inside a house creates secondhand smoke (SHS), which can seep through air ducts...
What a Pet-Friendly Apartment Community Truly Looks Like
A pet-friendly apartment community can mean different things due to marketing so author John Bradford explains what a truly pet-friendly apartment community looks like.
By John Bradford
The term “pet-friendly” is often used as a marketing...
Why Secondhand Smoke Is Bad for Business
Secondhand smoke is dangerous for your tenants
Secondhand smoke isn’t just a nuisance, it’s a significant danger to people’s health and well-being. It contains over 4,000 chemicals and can cause cancer, heart disease, and many...
5 Ways To Distinguish Yourself From Fellow Landlords This Season
If you want to distinguish yourself from your fellow landlords, this is the “separation season” you must utilize to create distance from them and from your past habits.
By Scot Aubrey
Let’s face it, it’s easy...
6 Community Maintenance Tips For Exceptional Tenant Experience
6 community maintenance tips for exceptional tenant experience to go above and beyond.
By Kris Servidio
Senior Associate Director of Facilities and Support
Mark-Taylor Residential
The dedicated everyday work of maintenance and service teams at a multifamily community...
How To Winterize Your Pacific Northwest Rental Property
How to winterize your pacific northwest rental property using this checklist heading into winter.
By Phil Schaller
It's that time of the year again. Winters aren’t too harsh here in the Pacific Northwest, but it’s still...
7 Pest Preventative Maintenance Steps For Rental Housing
The maintenance check up this week, provided by Keepe, asks whether you are taking the pest preventative maintenance you need in your rental housing to protect your investment and your tenants.
From mice to ants and cockroaches, pest infestations can...
5 Steps To Take Care Of Your Rental Property Heating System In Winter
Here are 5 steps to take care of your rental property heating system in winter and protect your investment and your tenants, the maintenance check up provided by Keepe.
You get a sudden phone call...
How Do You Keep Tenants From Going Overboard With Holiday Lights?
Can tenants go overboard with holiday lights especially in a multifamily property is the question for Ask Landlord Hank this week. Remember Landlord Hank is not an attorney and is not giving legal advice.
Dear Landlord Hank:...