Tips, guides, and insights for landlords managing their own rental properties.
Every landlord with a vacant unit has faced this question: Should I list it on Airbnb or find a year-long tenant? The answer isn’t as obvious as either camp wants...
Read more →Raising rent is one of the most uncomfortable parts of being a landlord. You know your costs are going up—insurance, property taxes, maintenance—but you also know that a good tenant...
Read more →You bought a rental property to build wealth. But somewhere between chasing late rent checks and stuffing receipts into a shoebox, it started feeling less like an investment and more...
Read more →Nobody enjoys raising rent. But if you’re a small landlord managing a handful of units, rent increases aren’t optional — they’re how you keep up with rising taxes, insurance, maintenance...
Read more →A broken furnace in January or a dead AC unit in August — these are the calls that ruin your weekend and drain your bank account. But most expensive HVAC...
Read more →If you own rental property long enough, you’re going to get a text at 10 PM about water coming through a ceiling. It’s not a matter of if—it’s when. Plumbing...
Read more →Most landlords think about vacancy cost in simple terms: no rent coming in. But that lost rent check is just the starting point. A vacant unit bleeds money in ways...
Read more →Nobody gets into landlording because they love evictions. It’s easily the worst part of the job. But if you manage rental properties long enough, you’ll almost certainly face a situation...
Read more →Price your rental too high and it sits vacant for weeks, bleeding money. Price it too low and you’re subsidizing someone’s housing out of your own pocket. Neither is a...
Read more →A $200 HVAC tune-up prevents a $5,000 furnace replacement. A $30 tube of caulk stops a $10,000 mold remediation. Preventive maintenance isn’t exciting, but it’s the single most reliable way...
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