Property Maintenance Project Management Guide

As the weather gets colder and snow starts to fall, building owners and property managers begin to worry—and wonder: Will Mother Nature pack another wallop like last year? Boston was particularly hard hit, with many local property managers...

If you’re managing a residential rental property of significant size and are not already requiring renters insurance, you’re in a decided minority. The latest Apartment Cost Risk Survey from the National Multi Housing Council, which surveyed some 55 apartment...

Welcome to Part 8 of “Making More Money,” our series on how to earn more from your properties. In our last post, we covered why modernizing your bathrooms in today’s real estate market is a must. This time,...

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon on February 1, 2014 when a seven-alarm fire broke out in a Back Bay apartment building in Boston. Officials believe the fire started as a result of carelessly disposed material before it...

These days, online payments are the most efficient way to collect or send money. But sometimes you’ll need to send a paper check to pay a bill. And that means you’ll need a stack of paper checks on...

Tuesday was a big election day for many communities. Incumbents were ousted. Houston had a controversial ballot item about transgender use of bathrooms. But despite the excitement surrounding these other elections, all eyes were on San Francisco. Why...

The holidays are coming, and that means residential structure fire season is coming. This applies not just to single family homes, of course, but also to apartments and condominiums and in townhomes, low-rise and high-rise communities alike (though...

Welcome to Part 6 of “Making More Money,” our series on earning more from your properties. Our previous post discussed the revenue opportunities you can achieve by adding storage space for your tenants. In this article, we cover...