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Best Marketing Practices: Photos
Marketing is an essential piece of managing a rental property. Increasing the exposure of your rental property will help you find quality...


Guidelines for Raising Rent
Raising rent can be a risky prospect for both a landlord and tenant. Raise the rent too much and landlords can send tenants scurrying to...


Signs You Need to Hire More People
Landlords and property managers are entrepreneurs looking to grow and build their businesses, often from scratch. When landlords and...


Monthly RIS Partnership Highlight: ClickPay
RIS property management software was developed with the goal of creating the best property management system at an affordable price....


Checking Perspective Tenant’s Credit
Conducting proper background checks on prospective tenants is an important part of most landlords’ and property managers’ job. ...


Get Your Renters Move in Ready
One of the most frustrating things for any landlord or property manager is when a rental sits vacant. Therefore, when new tenants sign a...


Avoid These Common Mistakes Made by New Landlords
For new landlords purchasing a property as a rental can be exciting and terrifying at the same time. If done correctly becoming a rental...


Measuring a Rental Property’s Performance
As a rental property owner, it is essential that you can evaluate a property’s performance over a given period. Failure to accurately...


When Can a Tenant Sue?
As a landlord or property manager, most issues related to your tenants should be easily solved without incident. However, there may be...


Understanding Health Violations
City Health codes are created to protect residents from becoming ill or injured due to dangerous or disease infested buildings. There are...


How Might the Current Candidates Affect Your Bottom Line?
The country has seen an election cycle filled with scandal, name calling, and general unpopularity. On November 8th America will be...


When Can Tenant Use Repair and Deduct Rules?
In several states, tenants may be allowed to deduct money from rent to pressure landlords and property managers to make repairs. As a...


Rules Regarding Prospective Tenants Who May Not Be in the US Legally
One of the most controversial aspects of this election year has to do with individuals who are not living in the United States legally. ...


Who Should Pay the Water Bill?
Tenants around the country may be surprised when they move into a new rental and find out that they have to pay the monthly water bill....


Renting a Property with a Pool
Rental properties with pools come with advantages and disadvantages. Some landlords may view a pool as a great amenity that can attract...


Protect Your Rentals against Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are small brownish insects that feed on the blood of animals or humans. Their flat bodies are the size of an apple seed and they...


Who is considered a Landlord
A landlord is someone that owns property that they lease or rent for a fee to another person, generally known as a tenant. A landlord can...


Watch Out For Mold This Summer
According to Nolo.com mold is becoming a growing concern for landlords and tenants around the country. In fact, tenants have won...


Tips to Keeping Your Roof Maintained
Roofs are one of the most important parts of your rental property. Roofing keeps your apartment from getting damaged from outside wind,...


Renters are Paying More for Less
CNN recently reported that in 2016 apartments entering the rental market are 8% smaller than they were 10 years ago. Currently the...
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