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Property Management Trends

Five Focus Areas You Should Examine Before Hiring A Property Management Team

As an individual property owner who has been managing your properties yourself, you’ve spent hours dedicated to keeping the property attractive and operating smoothly. According to the US Census Bureau, about 50% of all property managers are self-employed. Dealing with the terrible three – tenants, trash and toilets – twenty-four hours a day to keep your property values high can be demanding.

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Leasing

Implementing People And Pet Friendly Policies in 2014

With the latest survey from Apartments.com citing that 75 percent of US renters are unwavering pet owners, it’s not hard to see why so many tenants are looking for pet-friendly properties with value-added services and other perks for pet owners. Not many people are willing to give up their beloved Fido or Fluffy just to live at a certain rental property, and more management companies and owners are feeling the pressure to instill more pet-friendly policies to accommodate today’s growing renter population.

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Property Management Trends

Expert Advice (Infographic)

12 property management industry experts came together to give you some great tips, best practices and examples to help you improve your business this year. Read through some of their great advice and pick at least on thing you can do to improve your business this year.

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Leasing, Maintenance

Timeless Interior Design Elements That Are Ideal for Rental Properties

The key to increasing your rental rates or market value may lie within one simple concept – establishing a timeless look with your rental property renovations. When you think of classical designs, thoughts of Roman architecture may come to mind, or perhaps you’re remembering a common oldie: that checkerboard patterned black and white tile floor. Classical yes, timeless – not by a long shot.

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Property Management Trends

Owners & Renters Are Mobile: Is Your Business Ready? (Webinar Recap)

With our co-hosts Grace Hill and Trulia, we hosted a fantastic webinar on what you should be doing to find and serve you mobile customers. Our presenter (Pierre Calzadilla, Senior Manager of Trulia Rentals) shared real-world tips on what you should be doing (now!) to cater to the mobile renter and how renters engage on mobile platforms; what features they want, and what prices are most searched for – we all learned something new!

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Marketing

How To Improve Your Property’s Reputation In 2014

The best part of the transference into a new year is the opportunity to start anew. If you’re a property manager or multi-resident complex owner who has had some reputation issues crop up online in 2013, the coming year offers an opportunity to turn over a new leaf and convert that negative image into a positive and appealing one.

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Leasing

5 Ways to Make Prospective Residents Feel at Home In Your Property

When you’re marketing a property to prospective residents, it’s important that you make them feel comfortable within the home. The first thing most prospective residents will do is visualize themselves, and possibly their family, inside of the home.

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Property Management Trends

Is Property Management Right for You?

Whether you’re already employed as a property manager or you’re considering a career change, you may be asking, “Is property management right for me?” In order to answer this question, you’ve got to be informed — and in the case of property management, that means understanding what the job entails. Read on to learn about the skills, knowledge and duties involved in property administration — and what they entail in a position as a property manager.

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Maintenance

Should You Renovate Your Rental Units? Cost Versus ROI is Only One Consideration

Wise investors realize when it’s time to renovate or remodel their rental properties, but deciding what projects to do and how far to take the transformation requires thoughtful consideration. Beyond the immediate or long-term potential return on investment (ROI), other solid reasons to renovate rental units include:

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Property Management Trends

Has Rent Hit the Ceiling? Our Take On The Recent Harvard Rental Study

According to a recent study, America’s Rental Housing, conducted by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, 35 percent of all households are renters and 21 million of those renters pay more than the recommended 30 percent of their income on rent. The conclusion many have taken based on these numbers? That a significant amount of people are renting and paying far more than they should be. While many of the points within the study were valid, we wanted to give our take on the data and dig deeper into what our customers are experiencing in the rental market firsthand in various metros.

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