Property Management Blog

How our blogging helps our clients

Sometimes we get asked why we devote time to writing blog entries for our website. Obviously, it does take time, and time is valuable, so why spend it on a blog? Several reasons.First, we think there is a lot of valuable information that we can give property owners through our bl...

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Bounced Checks

Thankfully, bounced checks are relatively rare, but we do see on average about one bounced rent check every month out of the 260+ properties that we manage. Knowing how to deal with bounced checks is an important part of making sure that a tenant doesn’t feel that they can ...

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Credit Checks

We frequently get asked by both tenants and property owners about what we check when we’re doing tenant screening. We do the most thorough check available, which includes: credit report, eviction search, criminal background, prior addresses, employment, aliases, the sexual ...

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Renters Insurance

We require all of our tenants to have renters insurance, and our leases clearly stipulate this requirement. This doesn’t just protect the tenant, though, it also protects the landlord.For tenants, your biggest concern is your personal property. In Georgia, the landlord has ...

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This is Our Business Philosophy

We usually talk about specific property management topics in this blog, but I wanted to take a quick detour this week to discuss something more broad: our general business philosophy. Our philosophy applies to how we interact with everyone, from tenants to property owners, and fr...

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Automatic Lease Extensions

Many tenants balk at signing a lease renewal, even though they plan to stay in the house. They would much prefer, obviously, to simply stay on a “month-to-month” basis, giving them more freedom to leave on their own schedule. Clearly, this isn't in your best inter...

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June home sales bad for sellers, good for income property investors

The latest data for new home sales is out for the month of June, and it continues to be bad news for home builders and sellers. But, it's important to note that bad news for sellers is frequently good news for owners of rental properties, because it means demand for rentals w...

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Update from the Federal Reserve Chairperson

Last week the chairperson of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, gave her testimony to both House and Senate committees, which included interesting information for homeowners and real estate investors.Most notably, she signaled that although the Fed will be likely to start increas...

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No, we won't waive late fees.

It's a question we get all the time: “I had [insert excuse here], and I've always been a good tenant, so will you please waive my late fee?” Sorry, but no.Late fees are a very important part of enforcing a lease agreement and ensuring that tenants pay on time....

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Wage Garnishment from Deadbeat Tenants

Thankfully, the vast majority of our clients never have to worry about this situation. Very few tenants ever have to have an eviction filed against them, since we're so thorough with our tenant screening on the front-end, but no screening can ever completely eliminate evictio...

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