Property Security Part 1

So this week we have discussed all about how to handle yourself and your business when it comes to crime, tenants, and security. Now it’s time to look at the specific things you can do to beef up security at your prop …

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Tenants and Safety

Being a property manager requires balancing many different elements all together. Safety is no different, and one critical important aspect of managing a safe property is communication with your tenants. In the end, ev …

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Handling Crime as a Property Manager

As a property manager, one of your primary responsibilities is the safety of the residents who reside within your property. This responsibility covers a wide range of necessary actions from giving tenants a general feel …

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5/14 Weekly Property Management News Roundup

Be Careful When Inheriting a Tenant With the extraordinary number of short sales and foreclosures over the last few years, many distressed properties are actually being purchased with the previous tenant still residin …

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Propertyware Reports Now Filter by Property View …

You may be familiar with Propertyware's Views feature, which allows you to filter list views of properties, leases etc. based on standard or customized criteria. This can be useful for, say, narrowing down a list of prop …

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Tenants and Maintenance Requests

The final piece to the maintenance puzzle is of course your relationship with the tenant, and their maintenance requests. I touched on this in yesterday’s article. Being able to handle the requests from tenants in a t …

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Different Types of Maintenance Part 2

This week has been all about handling maintenance as a property manager.  On Tuesday I talked about the importance of developing a proper maintenance plan.  Yesterday I discussed two important types of maintenance - …

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Different Types of Maintenance Part 1

Yesterday we talked about the need to develop an appropriate maintenance plan as a property manager. You do this to regulate the budget you apply towards maintenance, as well as to create a much more enjoyable place to …

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Create a Maintenance Plan

Maintenance is arguably the most important element of your property management duties. This topic comes up again and again, because it is so critical. This is about the value of the investment in the property - whether …

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