Management & Maintenance

This department of Rental Housing Journal is your source for property management and maintenance information. Whether you’re an independent landlord, portfolio manager, on-site community manager, leasing agent or apartment maintenance professional, the site is dedicated to bringing tips, best practices and information to help make your job easier and keep you up to date and educated.

Portland Rents Continue Decline While Some Metro Rents Grow

Portland Rents Continue Decline While Some Metro Rents Grow

Portland rents declined again last month for the seventh straight month, while rent continues to increase in some cities in the metro area, according to the latest report from Apartment List. Portland rents were down...
Multifamily Investor CEO Says Phoenix Is Affordable, Tax-Attractive City

Multifamily Investor CEO Says Phoenix Is Affordable, Tax-Attractive City

Western Wealth Capital recently acquired a 659-unit Tempe apartment complex, its 54th acquisition in the Phoenix market, and CEO Janet LePage discussed the current environment in a recent interview with Rental Housing Journal because...
Top Maintenance Call In January: Broken Garbage Disposals

Four $2 Tools That Could Save You $$$ On That Next Maintenance Call

Tenants these days are expecting immediate response when they have a maintenance need. Here are four small maintenance tools any landlord or property manager can use to save money and provide immediate customer service. By...
5 Inexpensive Ways to Attract New Tenants

5 Inexpensive Ways to Attract New Tenants

Here are 5 inexpensive ways you might find helpful to attract new tenants from Keepe, the on-demand maintenance company. Your primary role as a property manager is to fill your vacancies with new renters. This...
How to Manage Tenant Subleasing With Minimal Risk

How to Manage Tenant Subleasing With Minimal Risk

In this time of the pandemic many tenants are facing challenges, leading some to look at subleasing, also called subletting, their current rental property in order to move. Here are some tips for landlords...

Is Your Rental Housing Burglary Proof?

Is your rental housing burglary proof is the maintenance check up this week provided by Keepe to be sure you are your protecting your investment and income as well as your tenants. A burglary at a rental...
How Tenant COVID-19 Behavior Is A Predictor of the Future

How Tenant COVID-19 Behavior Is A Predictor of the Future

How tenant covid-19 behavior can be a predictor of the future in today’s challenging rental housing environment is the advice from veteran landlord David Pickron. By David Pickron Knowing how your applicant did in the COVID-19...
Ask Landlord Hank – A Tenant Has Questions About Landlord Obligations

Ask Landlord Hank – A Tenant Has Questions About Landlord Obligations

This week the question for Ask Landlord Hank comes from a tenant asking about repairs and landlord obligations for rental property. Dear Landlord Hank, I live in subsidized housing and have been having many issues with...
5 Things to Keep In Mind When Choosing Property Management Software

5 Things to Keep In Mind When Choosing Property Management Software

Property management involves a lot of hurdles that leaves managers frustrated and stressful at times, so here are 5 tips on choosing property management software from Keepe, the on-demand maintenance company. The job profile is...
Yardi Matrix September report Affordable multifamily markets in high demand

Affordable multifamily markets in high demand

Since the beginning of the pandemic, rents have only fluctuated by a few dollars each month – contrary to what many in the multifamily markets initially feared, according to Yardi Matrix. “However, there are significant...