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.

How To Update And Improve Fitness Equipment And Facilities During Covid-19

How To Update And Improve Fitness Equipment And Facilities During Covid-19

Ruben Mejia SportsArt Apartment residents across the United States are currently confined to their apartments due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. As a result, fitness rooms, rooftop, ground and indoor pools are closed. That’s why this is the...
Ask Landlord Hank: What Should We Do About A Hoarder?

Ask Landlord Hank: What Should We Do About A Hoarder?

In this week’s Ask Landlord Hank question, he gives his thoughts on dealing with a hoarder tenant in the time of eviction moratoria and covid-19. Dear Landlord Hank: Twenty years ago, we rented the lower...
Seattle Landlords Concerned About Possible Rent Strike

Seattle Landlords Concerned About Possible Rent Strike

Seattle landlords are concerned about a possible rent strike as the May 1 deadline for paying rent approaches, according to several reports. Landlords, mostly those with just a few rental properties, vented their frustrations during...
Ask Landlord Hank: What’s Your Advice On Renting During the Moratorium on Evictions?

Ask Landlord Hank: What’s Your Advice On Renting During the Moratorium on Evictions?

In this week’s Ask Landlord Hank question, he gives his thoughts on best practices for renting during the moratorium on evictions to new tenants. Dear Landlord Hank: I'd love to know your thoughts or advice on renting...
How to Avoid Crossing the Line with Tenants' Privacy 

How to Avoid Crossing the Line with Tenants’ Privacy 

With concern about covid-19 and cleanliness of rental property, tenants' privacy may become an issue for some landlords. By Holly Welles Most state laws grant landlords the right to enter their tenants' homes under specific circumstances....
5 Online Tools for Managing Your Rental Properties Remotely

5 Online Tools for Managing Your Rental Properties Remotely

If you plan to live far from your rental property, either permanently or for a short time, you need to have a plan for online tools for managing your rental properties remotely. With the current...
Many Apartment Tenants Staying In Place – For Now

Many Apartment Tenants Staying In Place – For Now

Apartment tenants are not moving out this time of year as normal patterns would dictate due to the impact of COVID-19, according to an article from RealPage. “We are seeing a huge spike in rescinded...
New Rental Insurance Technology Tool for Property Managers

New Rental Insurance Technology Tool for Property Managers

Liberty Mutual has built a new set of innovative technical capabilities that allows the integration of the quoting and binding of rental insurance into property manager’s ecosystems. During a recent interview, Kelly Piotrowski, Director, Ecosystem...
April Rent Collection Better Than Expected; May is a Concern

April Rent Collection Better Than Expected; May is a Concern

April rent collection was better than expected, but May rent collection is still a concern, according to research presented in a recent National Apartment Association webinar. Mindy Price of J. Turner Research presented during the...
Top 4 Rental Property Upgrades That Pay Off

Top 4 Rental Property Upgrades That Pay Off

You will likely be faced with the need to do a rental property upgrades in the future, so this week's maintenance tip from Keepe is a look at four upgrades that will help whether...