Property Management Blog

The Quarterly Inspection Folly

As the owner of a rental property, you’re all about keeping your place safe, right?You’re all about going into your property regularly to check things out and see what’s going on inside. Your rental property is your investment. You have the absolute right to ins...

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Think of Your Atlanta Area Rental Property as an Investment

As a landlord, how do you think of your rental property? If you’re thinking of it as a home rather than an investment, you’re making a mistake.What does your rental property mean to you? That’s not a trick question at all. It’s a vital question, one that c...

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The Tenant Move-Out Process for Your Atlanta Area Rental Property

So you’re moving out of your home or apartment you’re renting with us. All good things come to an end, right?But moving out isn’t as straightforward as leaving the keys in the door and setting off on your merry way. There’s a process to adhere to and today...

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Tenant Notice to Vacate Requirements

Today we’d like to discuss the beginning of the move-out process. The very first step in move-out is the notice to vacate. Here, our discussion depends upon our GTL standard lease terms. If you signed a lease with our company, whether during an initial move-in or a renewal...

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GTL Company Structure & Your Points of Contact

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate.In this video I wanted to talk briefly about the structure of our company, how we have everything set up for communications for you as our client, and also just who you should be expecting to speak to at various stages...

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New Tenant Repair Requests

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate. This week, I wanted to speak real quick just about a question we sometimes get from owners, either who have just started renting their property out, or they’ve moved out an old tenant and moved in a new one. Th...

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Why do we charge a fee for paper payments?

We recently started charging a $10 fee for paper payments (check, money order, cashier’s check). Why did we do this?Well, several reasons:Paper payments take a lot of time for our staff members to deal with. Electronic payments are all completely automatic, but paper paymen...

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Repair Issues with Your Atlanta Area Rental Property

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate, wanting to spend just a bit of time this week on a frequent topic we talk about, which is repairs on your rental properties. It’s a big topic all the time just because it comes up so much in what we do on a day ...

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Selecting Vendors for your Metro Atlanta Rental Property

Video Transcript:Hi. Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate. This week, I wanted to talk about selecting repair vendors for your property. One thing we do not do that a lot of property management companies require of their clients is that we do not require you to use our vendo...

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Payments to Owner Clients

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate. This week I wanted to talk to you about how we process your rent payments into your bank account, which is how we usually do it. Or by check for a few of you. But for most you we do direct deposit. If you’re not...

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