Property Management Blog

Landlord Inspections

Todd Ortscheid of Revolution Rental Management, formerly known as GTL Real Estate, talks about landlord inspections that are done with tenants already in place and in the middle of their lease.While you may be the owner of the property and thus, feel like you should be able ...

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Upcoming Improvements - Part 2

In this video, Todd Ortscheid talks about more upcoming improvements you can expect from Revolution Rental Management.Among those improvements include educational video blogs and virtual tours, which are basically slideshows of your properties with a voice-over description that t...

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Key Things to Look For in an Atlanta Property Manager

In this video, Todd Ortscheid of Revolution Rental Management,  formerly known as GTL Real Estate, talks about what you should look for in a property manager if you are considering hiring one for your rental properties.While not all property managers are created equal, and ...

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Upcoming Improvements - Part 1

In this video, Todd Ortscheid of Revolution Rental Management, talks about the improvements you can expect this year, as well the new things that are coming soon.These new changes include the new rent money system, which has been emailed to all our clients. This new cash payment ...

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How quickly should I return a security deposit?

It’s one of the first questions a tenant asks when their lease is getting close to terminating: “how quickly can you get my security deposit to me?” Far too many tenants are irresponsible with their finances, so they don’t plan ahead for paying their next ...

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My tenant died! What do I do?

There are many difficult circumstances to deal with as a landlord (which is why it’s important to have professional management of your property), but this is one of the most difficult. On the one hand, you have a sense of empathy for the surviving family, but on the other h...

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Leaving Belongings in a Rental Property

Sometimes a landlord is expecting that he’ll only be renting his property out for a year or two and doesn’t want to move all of his personal property out, or perhaps he just doesn’t have storage space elsewhere, and the basement on his rental property is a good ...

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Is it too late to collect what I’m owed?

Sometimes we take on a new client who had a bad experience with a previous tenant who left the property owing money for either rent or repairs, and wondering whether it’s still possible to go after that money.Generally, as long as too much time hasn’t passed, and you ...

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Daily Late Fees

Sometimes a client asks us about daily late fees, perhaps because they’ve charged them themselves when managing their property on their own, or perhaps because a previous property manager charged them. We do not recommend daily late fees for several important reasons:1. A l...

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Using Security Deposit for the Rent

Your tenant is either behind on their rent, or they're coming up on their last month of their lease, and they want to use their security deposit to cover it. There’s only one acceptable answer to this request: NO!Let’s look at each situation individually. The tena...

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