How to Rent a Pest-Free Home to Your Tenants
By Raymond Web
All landlords are expected to provide habitable and sound homes to their tenants, including providing a pest-free home.
You should do a pest and termite inspection before renting out any property you own.
Let’s...
Demand for Apartment Jobs Reached Record Levels In 2019
Demand for apartment jobs reached record levels in 2019 and the apartment labor market delivered a strong performance by the end of the year, according to the annual report from the National Apartment Association.
Demand...
3 Ways to Effectively Handle Tenants’ Property Maintenance Requests
How to effectively handle tenant's property maintenance requests and keep them happy is this week's maintenance tip from Keepe.
As a property manager, the job comes with its fair share of maintenance troubles.
From sudden gas...
Seattle Mayor Won’t Sign Winter Evictions Ban Passed by City Council
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan will not sign a ban on winter evictions passed by the Seattle City Council, Â and announced a new partnership and legislation that will provide assistance for individuals who are facing...
5 Fire Safety Tips for Property Managers in 2020
Fire safety is always top of mind for rental housing managers, so here are 5 fire safety tips for property managers for the weekly maintenance checklist from Keepe.
According to the Insurance Information Institute, fires in...
5 Simple Landscaping Maintenance Tips for Property Managers
Landscaping maintenance for your rentals can be important in attracting tenants, so the maintenance checklist from Keepe this week looks at 5 simple landscaping techniques to help.
Property managers know that landscaping maintenance is often...
A Strong Start to 2020 for Multifamily Occupancy, Rent
Sixteen of the top 30 U.S. multifamily markets bested the national average for year-over-year growth in January, according to the latest report from Yardi Matrix.
The report says occupancy remained near 95 percent.
While average rents...
6 Tips for Setting Rents with Confidence
6 tips for setting rents so that you can be sure you are not over-pricing or under-pricing your rental housing in your market.
By Rentometer
Whether you own or manage one rental property or hundreds of...
National Average Apartment Rent in January was $1,463
The national average apartment rent in January was $1,463, up three percent year-over-year and the slowest pace in 18 months, according to a report from Rent Café.
The report says rents “are likely to maintain...
3 Kinds Of Rental Housing Owners And How To Work With Them
Chart courtesy of Buildium
Property managers have to deal with three kinds of rental housing owners, from the regular investor to the accidental landlord – and a third type, according to Buildium’s 2020 Rental Owners’...