Thursday, March 28, 2024

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.

Housing Authority Settles For $1 Million With Tenants Over Emotional Support Animals

 What Do You Do When Assistance Animals Break The Rules?

“I didn’t know” is not an acceptable defense if you face a discrimination charge, so the Grace Hill training tip of the week focuses on assistance animals and rules for them in your apartments. By Ellen Clark An accommodation...
Landlords should consider digital collections to get rent due them

Why Digital Collections Is the Future for Property Rentals

By Ohad Samet As a landlord, you’ve probably had tenants move out without paying rent or move out with damages that exceed the amount covered by their security deposit. This is money that you need, and...
Rental Has No-Pet Policy;  What Are My Rights Regarding Therapy Or Service Dogs?

How to Better Protect Your Pet-Friendly Rental Properties

Here are 5 ways you can better protect your pet-friendly rental properties. By Holly Welles Before you included a pet policy in your lease, you weighed the pros and cons. On the one hand, you would...
A Good Landlord’s Open Letter on Why He Is Getting Out of The Business

A Good Landlord’s Open Letter on Why He Is Getting Out of The Business

Here is one landlord’s open letter on why he’s getting out of the rental property business, and therefore no longer needs our newsletter. It is something he thought we should share with our readers. By...
5 Easy DIY Projects That Can Add Value to Your Rental Property include landscaping flowers and gardens

5 Easy DIY Projects That Can Add Value to Your Rental Property

Here are 5 easy DIY projects that can add value to your rental property, especially if you are on a tight budget, from maintenance company Keepe. Looking for simple and inexpensive ways to boost your...
Ultimate guide to assistance animals in rental property

Red Flags In Evaluating Documentation For Assistance Animals

Evaluating documentation for assistance animals can be a challenge for multifamily housing providers so this week the the Grace Hill training tip takes a look at a couple of the red flags to watch...
5 Tips for Preparing Your Apartments for the Summer Season

5 Tips for Preparing Your Apartments for the Summer Season

5 tips for preparing your apartments for summer is this week’s maintenance tip from Keepe. Now is the best time to prepare and restore your apartment property for the summer season by cleaning up any...
Job Openings In The Apartment Industry Are Growing

Job Openings In The Apartment Industry Are Growing

Job openings in the apartment industry comprised nearly 36 percent of available real estate positions during the first quarter of 2019, well above the average for the past six years and a significant increase...
6 Ways to Upgrade the Look and Feel of Apartment Common Spaces

6 Ways to Upgrade the Look and Feel of Apartment Common Spaces

What are 6 ways to upgrade the look and feel of apartment common spaces you can take to keep tenants happy is this week’s maintenance tip from Keepe. Community living has become a growing trend in...

Internet More Important Apartment Amenity Than Laundry?

High-speed internet and Wi-Fi are among the most important amenity factors to apartment dwellers when making a rental decision, even more than in-room laundry facilities, according to a new survey. Technology drives the multifamily industry,...