Property Maintenance Project Management Guide

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found that adding money to my bank account has been more fun than taking it out. Paying bills isn’t fun. While Buildium hasn’t released a product that eliminates the need...

As our last post on this topic showed, many factors can make one bank more attractive than another. The considerations in that post, though, apply to small businesses in any industry. In this post, we’ll take a look...

In the grand scheme of challenges you face at your properties, pest prevention may be important, but not at the top of your list. However, regular maintenance and care of a building’s infrastructure is essential to stop animal...

In the early days of my property management career, I worked as a bookkeeper in my mom’s office and handled basic resident requests.  The first major step in advancing my career was earning my real estate license. As...

As a property manager, collecting rent is never too far from your mind. And why would it be? If rent doesn’t arrive on time, it can delay so many other things, including owner payments. Of course, this strains...

  Property Management Career Facts Median pay: $55,380 per year (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014) Number of jobs: 313,800 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014) Job outlook: 25,300 new jobs to be added over the next 10 years (Bureau of...

It’s always a good idea to change the door locks when there’s tenant turnover; you never know who has misplaced or made copies of keys during the previous tenancy. Locksmiths can be costly, but there’s no reason you...

In a complicated swindle that rivals Enron’s creative accounting fiasco, the vice president of Appalachian Community Bank in Ellijay, Florida leased a property he didn’t own, collected more than $20,000 in rent and security deposits he wasn’t entitled...