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 Get the Best Lighting for Your Rentals

How to Get the Best Lighting for Your Rentals

Here is a useful guide to understanding the best, most economical way to use lighting for your rentals from Keepe, the maintenance company. First let’s look at the different types of light bulbs out there: ...
5 Rental Features That Appeal To Young Professionals

5 Rental Features That Appeal To Young Professionals

Which 5 rental features appeal to young professionals is the rental property maintenance checkup this week provided by Keepe. Demand from millennials and young professionals with higher incomes are major drivers of the current rental...
Mystery Maintenance Call Of The Week: Why Is Only Hot Water Coming Out of the Kitchen Faucet?

Why Is Only Hot Water Coming Out of the Kitchen Faucet?

We provide an apartment maintenance odd job of the week from our friends at Keepe and this week it is about why only hot water is coming out of the kitchen faucet? Keepe got a...
rental housing siding

5 Rental Housing Siding Materials And The Pros And Cons Of Each

Rental housing siding is not very sexy but it is important to your tenants and your budget long-term so here are 5 siding materials and the pros and cons of each as the maintenance...
Apartment Industry Jobs Continue Strong Growth in Second Quarter, NAA Report Says

Apartment Industry Jobs Continue Strong Growth in Second Quarter, NAA Report Says

Apartment industry jobs continued strong growth in the second quarter, amounting to 38 percent of available real estate jobs in the United States, well above recent averages and an increase from 2018, according to...
5 Tips for Fixing Tenant Drain Clogs

5 Tips for Fixing Tenant Drain Clogs

Fixing tenant drain clogs was one of the most popular maintenance jobs this week performed by Keepe, so here are some tips to help.  Recently, Keepe has been getting many jobs for clogged drains; these...
Blind Replacement and Repair For Your Rental Property

Blind Replacement and Repair For Your Rental Property

Maintenance folks have seen a lot of window-blinds replacement and repair calls lately, so here are 6 tips to help with blind replacement and repair for your rental property from Keepe. Blind replacement and repair...
6 Ways to Make Your Rental Property Kitchens Feel Bigger

6 Ways to Make Your Rental Property Kitchens Feel Bigger

Keeping tenants happy with a nice kitchen is important to rental property owners, so the maintenance tip from Keepe is about 6 ways to make your rental property kitchens feel bigger. Rental-property kitchens can be...
5 Rental Maintenance Tasks That Prevent Long-Term Problems

5 Rental Maintenance Tasks That Prevent Long-Term Problems

Here are 5 rental maintenance tasks for you rental properties that can save you money and prevent long-term problems and more costly repairs. By Holly Welles As a landlord or property manager, you already have a...
Washington Landlords Win Pothole Contest And Get Apartment Parking Lot Makeover Contest

Washington Landlords Win Pothole Contest And Get Apartment Parking Lot Makeover

Gwyn Desimone and Jim Miller have won the pothole contest for their apartment complex and get a parking lot makeover for their Dune Grass Apartment complex courtesy of NYS Enterprises Paving. Their complex is located...