How Rent Control Limits Owner Profits and Maintenance in Portland, Seattle
A new rent-control modeling study that includes Portland and Seattle shows how the combined effects of limiting rents and deterring new construction work to reduce owner profitability and can limit maintenance.
The National Apartment Association...
How A Regular Maintenance Schedule For Rental Property Can Help Busy Landlords
Advice on how a regular maintenance schedule for rental property can help busy landlords, from veteran property manager Corey Brewer.
By Corey Brewer
The day-to-day life of a landlord or property manager can be difficult to...
Five Holiday Decorating Guidelines To Give Your Tenants
Five holiday decorating guidelines for your tenants to keep them happy and avoid maintenance issues and damages is this week’s maintenance tip from Keepe.
As a property manager, you want to make sure that your...
Why Property Managers Are Skeptical When Tenants Decline Lease Offers
Property managers want tenants who will be excited about their lease offers. When you decide to extend a lease with a conditional offer, and the tenant declines, then what? What do you think that...
Leaking Sinks No. 1 Most Popular Maintenance Fix in November
Leaking sinks have been the most popular maintenance call for Keepe during the month of November.
The calls from tenants to property managers have mostly related to leaking kitchen sinks. These are the kinds of...
New Pet-Damage Insurance Policies Give Property Managers More Potential Tenants
Pet damage insurance and pet-deposit protection is now being offered by a company to help property managers cover any pet-related damages and allow tenants to lease a property without an extreme up-front pet deposit.
Jetty...
Property Manager Jobs In High Demand In Latest Jobs Report
Property manager jobs and community manager jobs are in high demand, according to the latest jobs report from the National Apartment Association.
Demand was three times greater than the U.S. average for property managers and...
How To Avoid My Top 7 Landlord Mistakes
Veteran landlord and investor Larry Arth shares "how to avoid my top 7 landlord mistakes" because if you have not made any mistakes as a landlord, you probably have not been in the business...
Resident Preferences Show In-Person Tours Of Apartments Before Renting Still Important
Resident preferences show most renters still prefer an in-person tours of apartments with a representative, according to a new resident-preferences report from the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).
“While emerging technologies have allowed communities to...
Apartment Mystery Maintenance Call Spilled Bleach
The latest apartment mystery maintenance call from Keepe comes from Seattle, where a property manager called in distress with an emergency after a tenant had spilled a jug of bleach on the garage floor.
Due...