Property Management Blog

When you’re looking for a professional management company to effectively lease and manage your investment property in the Portland metropolitan area, you need a local expert with a lot of professional and industry resources. An investment in technology is critical. Property managers cannot do their jobs effectively or efficiently wi...

The COVID-19 virus is an active and ongoing pandemic, even as many states and cities across the country begin to move towards opening back up. We want to talk to you about how our company is handling our Portland property management services in the middle of this crisis. We hope you and your family are healthy and safe. As informatio...

Pets are beloved family members for most people who have them, and we recognize that when tenants are looking for a new home, they expect to move in with their cats, dogs, or other pets. We believe in providing pet-friendly properties whenever the owner is willing to welcome tenants with animals, and we’ll talk more about pet polic...

Everyone has a different opinion about what a move-in ready home looks like. Sometimes, we work with owners who like to get their properties ready themselves, but we like to be consistent and we want to follow a process. Attracting and retaining high quality tenants is a large part of your ROI, and those tenants are going to expect to mo...

Getting paid is an important part of being a landlord. When you’re managing on your own, you collect the rent yourself, and getting paid is as easy as taking the money from the tenants. When you work with a professional property management company, someone else is collecting the rent for you. Many owners wonder how they get pa...

A great property management company focuses solely on managing properties. It is the only thing we do. The same goes for a real estate company. If they are great at doing real estate transactions, it’s hard to also be great at managing properties.Property Management vs. Real Estate SalesThere are a lot of similarities within the p...

The amount you charge for rent depends on a number of factors, including the location of your property, the market, and the size and condition of your home. Another thing that impacts pricing is what you include or don’t include for your tenants. It’s important to think about landscaping, for example. Landscaping is always a g...

Many owners struggle to determine what types of things they can charge tenants for when they move out of the property. Technically, you should never be looking for a reason to charge your tenant’s security deposit.The best way to determine which expenses you can charge your tenants for and which expenses you’ll need to cover ...

When you want to rent your property quickly to a qualified tenant and for the most possible rent, you have to make sure it’s ready for the market. Not all property owners know what this means. A market-ready home is clean, functioning, and in a condition that’s appropriate for immediate move-in. It’s important to pay a...

One of the best ways to protect yourself and your rental property is with adequate insurance.Many of the landlords we talk to are confused about what they’re required to have, and we always recommend that you invest in more than the basic requirements. This is one of your most valuable assets, and you want to make sure you’re...