Property Management Blog

Although it is still winter, the spring months are just around the corner.  Many people move at the end of the school year having fulfilled their lease.  The phone is ringing from tenants with requests for housing.  The majority of houses become available during April and May.  If you are in need of a change whether fo...

What is the deal behind the penguin memes appearing on the internet?There is a clip from Werner Herzog's 2007 Antarctic documentary "Encounters at the End of the World" in film, Herzog shows a long penguin peeling away from the safety of its colony and heading inland-toward certain death, according to Herzog.  But some ...

January is making itself known with cold nighttime temperatures.  Remember to open cupboard doors allowing heat to keep your pipes from freezing.  A drip drip of your faucet water could make the difference between being able to have running water or having frozen pipes. I have heard of people taking a lamp, removing the lamp sha...

 A new year  opens the door to being responsible for eating in a more healthy manner, exercising more frequently but also of importance is meeting financial obligations such as paying rent, taking care of the property in which you reside and looking toward the future.  When a tenant moves in the direction of buying a home, ...

As we approach Christmas Day, I am reading about the city of Bethlehem and Jesus birth. Luke 2:1-20 tells us of the gift of love because God so loved the world that God gave his only son.  God gave us the first and greatest Christmas gift imaginable:  a Savior in the form of a swaddled infant.  This love prompts praise in t...

The two most important days of your life.  The day you were born and the day you decide why.Mark Twain These words ring true no matter where you are in life.  You may have made mistakes but today can be the day you take steps to change the past.You may have been a tenant who didn't fulfil the terms of your lease or did damag...

With falling temperatures it is time to protect outside faucets from freezing. When outside faucets freeze this causes water to be unable to flow on the inside of the property.  We provide faucet covers to the properties we manage.  If a faucet cove becomes damaged or comes up missing, we ask tenants to let us know so we can rep...

If you as a tenant have a lease that says you are responsible for exterior lawn care,  this is a great time of year to trim shrubs.  Delayed trimming causes shrubs to becomes overgrown and scraggly.  Shrubs become unhealthy when not trimmed back periodically.  There is more demand for rental housing than is available i...

Cooler temperatures are a reminder for you to change the air filter in the heating/cooling system where you reside.  Dirty filters impeded the flow of heat and air making the unit run harder, longer and less efficiently causing your utility bill to be more expensive.  Now is also a good time to check the exterior door to see if ...

When you rent from a company with properties in different price ranges, you have more options both now and in the future. As a tenant if you get a better paying job or promotion, you might wish to move to a larger home at a higher rent.  Once you fulfill your lease you can get on a waiting list for a different property.  The opp...