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.

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...
5 Perfect Bathroom Upgrades for Your Rental Property

5 Perfect Bathroom Upgrades for Your Rental Property

This week, Keepe offers a look at 5 perfect bathroom upgrades for your rental property. No. 1 - Install a shower door Instead of a shower curtain, a shower door can immediately upgrade any bathroom. Shower...

How A No Pet Policy Can Be Discriminatory

The Grace Hill training tip of  focuses on the issue of how a no pet policy can be discriminatory when it involves potential tenants with disabilities. By Ellen Clark Landlord and property managers must make reasonable accommodations...
6 Sink and Garbage Disposal Maintenance Tips for Your Rentals

6 Sink and Garbage Disposal Maintenance Tips for Your Rentals

The maintenance checkup this week involves 6 sink and garbage disposal maintenance tips for your rentals- and your tenants - from Keepe because recently  has been getting many repair jobs concerning sink and bathroom...
Apartment elevator maintenance tips

Apartment Elevator Maintenance Checklist

The apartment elevator maintenance checklist is this week’s maintenance tip from Keepe. Elevators can be a complicated species of equipment, and signs of damage might be difficult to find, so here is a checklist to use. Regular...
How To Deal With The Most Common Pests In Rental Housing

6 Ways To Bug-Proof Your Rental Property

Here are 6 ways to bug-proof your rental property and keep your tenants happy which is this week’s maintenance tip from Keepe. Bugs are always an unwanted guest for your tenants and can create unsanitary...