April 15th may seem far away and you can wait to organize the information you need for your income tax return. This may be true. In fact, you may even file an extension, which would mean you have even more time before you have to worry about this annoying detail. Right now, you are probably
There are important steps that investors must take to ensure the success of their rental property; one of the most critical is that of procuring the right property insurance. As your property management company, we cannot advise you specifically on what insurance policy to purchase. The purpose of this article is simply to make you
Many rental properties have a bland or neutral look throughout. There are exceptions, but property owners try to avoid conflicts with residents’ furnishings. Most rental contracts contain clauses that tenants are not to alter or modify the property because the landlord wants to maintain a neutral color scheme for marketing to future tenants. If you,
The Montreal Protocol, adopted by the United States EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), called for the phase-out of substances that deplete the Ozone Layer. Unfortunately, Freon (or R22, an HCFC) is one such substance. In order to meet the EPA’s strict rules for this phase-out, production of Freon has been dramatically cut. Such cuts have caused
If you have 100 property managers in a meeting, the majority will agree that settling a security deposits dispute is one of the more difficult tasks in property management, particularly when it comes to determining “normal wear and tear,” also referred to by some as “ordinary wear and tear.” Why does this become such a