Property Management Blog

More fires occur during the winter months than at any other time. Over $2 billion in property loss occurs from winter home fires each year. 67% of these fires occur in one- and two-family homes. Fortunately, taking a few simple precautions can prevent most fires. Please see the link below for some terrific tips on preventing winter fires...

                                        Holiday Safety Tips for Home The holiday season is here and PropM would like to provide you with a few ti...

While there is no perfect formula for making your investment home easy to maintain while still appealing to tenants, we have a few suggestions that may help: Paint – use satin or semi-gloss for easier clean up and stick with neutral tones Flooring – use tile for high traffic areas. For carpet, go with darker earth to...

Fall is a good time of year to begin preparing your home for the winter. As temperatures begin to drop, your home will require some low maintenance in order to keep it worry-free throughout the winter.  The links below offer tips as easy as removing hoses and draining outdoor faucets to save you from the potential disaster ...

3M makes a wide variety of products which are great and maybe unknowingly are helping tenants to make their places look great.  We have tried these products and found them to work great!  Strips are fantastic as they don’t leave holes in the wall, eliminating any deductions for holes in the wall. http://www.command.com/wps...

First and most obvious.  If the rent price is too good to be true, it’s probably a scam.  Never wire money for a property you haven’t seen or to a landlord who is in another country and promises to FedEx you the keys. Do some basic homework on the property you are looking at, call the landlord and talk to them about ...

You can save money by just making small adjustments to your refrigerator, freezer, air conditioning settings.  Just one or two degree changes can save you hundreds of dollars over the course of a year. Freezer settings should be 5 degrees, and Fridge settings should be 37 to 40 degrees. Turning the water off when you are brushing yo...