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Maintenance

3 Reasons Every Property Manager Should Do Annual Inventory

Jeanne M. Salvatore, senior vice president and consumer spokesperson for Insurance Institute Information, recommends that all homeowners take time to make a complete list of personal property to control their assets. Salvatore’s recommendations also apply to property managers. Working from a proactive vantage point, residential property managers who commit to an annual review of physical inventory stand to gain greater control over their return on assets.

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AppFolio

AppFolio UX and Engineering Team Win Design for Experience Award

We are so pleased to announce our UX and Engineering team was recently awarded an International Design for Experience Award in the category of Union of Design and Engineering. This award is sponsored by UX Magazine, the leading provider of resources on all things related to user experience and design.

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Property Management Trends

Why Reinvent The Wheel When You Can Steal It? (Webinar Recap)

We hosted a great webinar today with Apartment Internet Marketing (AIM) and AppFolio, featuring Charity Zierten (Socially Engaged Marketing), Amanada Zinsmeyer (Behringer Harvard Residential) and Sarah Greenough (Princeton Properties) on the topic of “Why Reinvent the Wheel When You Can Steal It?” This webinar was packed with several ideas on how you can leverage or “steal” marketing concepts and campaign ideas that have been proven successful and adapt those ideas for your own property management marketing.

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Leasing

Is Your Rental Property Prepared for Leasing Season?

May through September are typically the months when most tenants seek new apartment homes, with July and August being the highest volume months. Spring’s arrival signals it’s time for property managers to prepare for increased traffic to view vacancies and to commit resources to encourage lease renewal numbers.

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Leasing

Are Bundled Services Right For Your Property?

The National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced that capabilities for high-speed broadband service is making impressive strides. As of June (2013), almost 93% of US residents had access to high-speed Internet, cable television programming and cable-based home telephone service.

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Property Management Trends

Considering 24 Hour Security for Your Multi-Unit Properties

Increasing crime rates near your community may have residents up in arms – literally – seeking better security for their homestead and their loved ones that occupy it. Whether you own or serve as the property management company for a multi-unit housing complex, make residents and homeowners’ safety a priority in 2014 by considering adding a security patrol to your agenda.

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Leasing

Conducting Tenant Screening the Right Way in 2014

Good tenant screening is absolutely essential for successful property management. A few extra hours screening tenants thoroughly can save you days, weeks or even months of headaches down the line. There are many new services available through 2014 that will help you in conducting thorough tenant screenings, and there are some tips that are always relevant.

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Leasing

Five Considerations for Property Owners When Renting to Students

If you own a rental property near a university or community college, then it’s likely that there’s an abundant pool of students who are looking for off-campus housing. You may have avoided this demographic because for any numbers of reasons, such as their lack of credit history, uncertainty during summer months, and individuality.

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Maintenance

How to Reduce Your Maintenance and Repair Costs

Maintenance and repair costs can eat quickly into any landlord’s income, especially first-time landlords that don’t adequately protect themselves. If you’re looking for some ways to reduce your overall maintenance and repair costs, you’ll need to plan things through from the very beginning.

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Maintenance

How to Handle Property Inspections for Occupied Units

As the owner of rental properties, whether it be one or multiple units, annual inspections are a vital part of the process. Sometimes, you might have a long-term tenant that religiously renews that lease year after year – and you appreciate that. However, unless you employ a property manager to handle daily operations, property upkeep is your responsibility and you’ll need to perform the occasional inspection while a unit is still occupied.

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