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How to take better property pictures with your smartphone
Quick tips for taking amazing listing photos with your phone When it’s time to find new tenants, you may only have a day or two to prepare a listing for syndication. Which means you don’t have time to...
Amanda Maher
| 5 min. read
Tenant vs. Landlord: Who’s responsible for pest control?
With UCSC college students, families and vacationers all competing for Santa Barbara’s prime real estate, renters are sometimes willing to overlook an apartment’s faults. Leaky faucets, musty bedrooms and overgrown yards haven’t stopped people from doubling and tripling...
Elise Beck
| 2 min. read
New feature: Streamline the leasing process with eLease
In property management, an efficient leasing process may be the difference between making a lot of money, and not making any at all. Buildium already provides the tools you need to easily advertise vacancies, and collect and manage...
Amanda Maher
| 5 min. read
4 ways to strengthen your association management relationship
It used to be that when people bought property, they could live in it and care for it the way they wanted. For example, if they didn’t want to mow the grass in their own backyard, no problem....
Jason Van Steenwyk
| 5 min. read
What you should know about residents with unusual pets
For the majority of people, the idea of keeping a tarantula as a pet is probably very unsettling. Personally, a fluffy Golden Retriever is perfectly fine, thank you very much. But there are those among us who just love...
Amanda Maher
| 4 min. read
Apartment renovation saves landlord from lead paint lawsuit
Ask any parent what they hope for their children and they’ll probably say something like: “I just want them to be happy and healthy.” That’s why renters who are expecting or have young children go to great lengths...
Jason Van Steenwyk
| 2 min. read
What you should know about cyber risk – Part 2
Last week, we talked about some of the risks associated with running a business that depends on data. These are things every business person should know, from the most common causes of a data breach, to the costs...
Amanda Maher
| 5 min. read
Want a highly-qualified property manager? Hire a veteran
Many landlords go to great lengths to screen tenants, but are incredibly quick to decide upon a property manager. In reality, a landlord’s relationship with their property manager is just as important (if not more so!) than their...

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