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.

accommodating disabled tenants in your rental property and 15 tips to help

Accommodating Disabled Tenants In Your Rental Property

In accommodating disabled tenants it is important for a property manager to understand the laws pertaining to disability and accessibility for prospective disabled tenants. The maintenance checkup from Keepe this week involves 15 maintenance ideas...
Ultimate guide to assistance animals in rental housing

Can Tenants Have Multiple Service Animals Or Assistance Animals?

The Grace Hill training tip of the week continues the focus on the confusing issue of service animals, assistance animals and emotional support animals. By Ellen Clark By now you’ve probably figured out that complying with assistance animal requests is...
Apartment emotional support dog and nearby tenant with dog allergy

Confused Over Service, Assistance Animals And Emotional Support Animals?

The Grace Hill training tip of the week focuses on the confusing issue and definitions of service animal, assistance animals and emotional support animals. By Ellen Clark You probably hear the terms service animal, assistance animal, and...
A Rental Property Pool Safety Guide

A Rental Property Pool Safety Guide

As the weather starts to get warmer, it may be time to look at a rental property pool safety guide and what you need to know as this week's maintenance checkup from Keepe. And, a...
A Guide To 4 Types Of Flat Roof Systems

A Guide To 4 Types Of Flat Roof Systems

The maintenance checkup this week provided by Keepe focuses on a guide to flat roof systems for your rental property. Flat roofs can offer a clean look to an apartment building and add efficient space that tenants...
Wet, Cold Weather Means It’s Time To Check Your Seasonal Basement Maintenance

Wet, Cold Weather Means It’s Time To Check Your Seasonal Basement Maintenance

Wet, cold weather is a signal, in this week's maintenance checkup, to look into your seasonal basement maintenance says Keepe . Wet, cold weather can often lead to basement problems, so check your seasonal basement...
7 Ways To Build A Sense of Community In Your Apartment Building

7 Ways To Build A Sense of Community In Your Apartment Building

How to build a sense of community in your apartment building has become a more important job for many property managers in the multifamily industry. Here are 7 ways to potentially build a sense...
easy affordable maintenance projects to update your rental property

20 Easy, Affordable Maintenance Projects To Update Your Rental Property

Easy affordable maintenance projects that improve the look and feel of a rental property can make it feel welcoming and really help when it comes to landing that next tenant, the maintenance checkup from...

Which Cooktop Is Best For Your Rental Property?

The pros and cons of which cooktop is best for your rental property - gas, electric, smoothtop or induction -  is the maintenance checkup from Keepe this week. Cooktops are easily the most important component...
How to Choose the Right Baseboards for Your Rental Property

How to Choose the Right Baseboards For Your Rental Property

A good way to impress tenants and perhaps get a nice rent increase is to upgrade the baseboards for your rental property to give it a nicer look and that is the maintenance checkup...