Property Management Blog

If you are planning to create a single-family rental property portfolio, you must first treat your investment as a business. After all, it is a business. That means it will take more than just buying properties and watching the rents roll in. You’ll need to do a lot of the unglamorous work that is the foundation of a successful busi...

Summer has arrived here in California, which means sunny days ahead and perfect weather for the beach. Let’s be real…any day is good for the beach. We are fortunate to have some of the most beautiful beaches. The perfect beach awaits you whether you are a surfer, splasher, or sunbather. Ready to hit the beach now? I have you...

We all know California is at the forefront of many things, social and otherwise. Among those things are items such as the topic of squatter's rights. You may not know this, but California has had squatter issues since the 1800s. During the California Gold Rush, this was a real problem, particularly with mine stakes. Never-do-wells are...

Don’t do it…..Picture this for just a minute…You just received a notice from your resident that they are vacating after six years and you know your rental property is going to have some hefty repairs. Then the resident moves out, and either you or your management company does an inspection, and you find out you're ...

Have you ever stopped to think about losing your investment property or your personal home? The answer is probably, “no, why would I think about it?” The truth is that your life can change in the blink of an eye. Something as innocent as causing an accident that causes major harm or even death to the other party can spell disa...

Can you believe what the market is doing? As a homeowner who lived through the meltdown of the "Twenty Aughts," I'm constantly astounded how much the market has accelerated. Further, as with any gain, no small amount of fear accompanies massive wealth gains. However, while safeguarding gains is essential, so is protecting on...

Writing the title above, I cannot get out of my mind Now and Later, the impossible to chew candy from the days of yore, yet this is a different item: here we are thinking about property improvements now FOR later.I've written a lot about...Property improvements. Yes, I know it's a titillating topic that has you sliding up to the e...

One of our landlords recently asked me, “Why were we allowing roommate situations in our properties?” Said owner went on to ask if we thought the rental market was changing so there would be fewer “families” living in homes and more roommates or blended homes. I thought for a moment and said, “yes, we are see...

Fires. Floods. Destruction. Death.Now that I have your attention, allow me to steal a line from Ferris Bueller's Day Off "Life moves pretty fast"...  You're living it day by day, planning for your retirement, the kids going to college, and you get that call: your rental property has suffered a fire, a flood, or sign...

Now that we are emerging from winter and entering spring (with summer blistering behind it, in a real sense and allegorically... recall last year's 15 minutes of spring?), the time has come to think green as in green grass. Allow me to expand. It's a yearly thing Every year after the downpours let up, we will see lethargic Bermuda...