May is Deck Safety Month — Is Your Deck Safe?

May is National Deck Safety Month and the most common cause of deck collapses is improper attachment to a building. Most decks are supported on one side by the building, and on the opposite side by the earth…Read More

The Outer Limits: How to Speed Up the Property Inspection Process on New Deals

Is your passion hang gliding? Bull riding? Planking? No matter what your hobby is; forget it. If you are an investor looking for the perfect 10 rental, you won’t have time to do any hobbies if you aren’t efficient. Investors may need to look at tons of properties to find one keeper. To rule out properties quickly, speed up the process by starting your inspections on the outside. Many of your big ticket items are found outside, not inside a house. Personally, I’d rather pay for paint over fixing foundations and roofs…Read More

Property Management: There’s No Such Thing as a Difficult Resident

I’m sure, in reading the title of this article; your first thought was something along the lines of “Really?  She can’t be serious.” You may even be thinking of a particular resident who you would say is the true definition of the word “difficult.”…Read More

The Link Between College-Educated Gen Ys and Apartment Market Success is No Coincidence

When we talk about demographics in the apartment industry, one of the things we focus on is the number of young adults. But maybe just as important is the quality of those young adults as renter prospects. The ideal young adult renter obviously has a job and earns enough to pay his rent…Read More

Dearth of affordable rentals cause for concern, housing experts say

If a more renter-centric economy is the solution to America’s housing woes, policymakers and developers will have to tackle two issues first — falling incomes and rising rents, housing experts say…Read More