by Dave Luciano | Jul 19, 2017 | Tips and Tricks
Eviction is the worst part of being a landlord. If you’re lucky and choose your tenants carefully, it isn’t something you’ll have to deal with. However, when the situation does arise, it’s important to know exactly what you’re doing. Evictions can take time and are...
by Dave Luciano | Jul 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Practice makes perfect. This applies to sports, art, instruments, and even being a landlord. There are several places where new landlords tend to stumble in the beginning. However, with a little research, you can avoid many mistakes that tend to trip up first-time...
by Dave Luciano | Jul 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
No matter how good you are at marketing your property, there will be times when your rental is vacant. During these times, your property will run a higher risk of theft and property destruction. While the prospect of this happening can be terrifying, there are several...
by Dave Luciano | Jun 28, 2017 | Tips and Tricks
If you have recently acquired a rental property or are planning on making some renovations to one you already own, you may want to consider the property as a house, and not a home. This would mean you should avoid renovating the property as you would renovate your own...
by Dave Luciano | Jun 21, 2017 | Tips and Tricks
First time tenants can be unpredictable. They don’t have a rental history, so there is no way to know how they will treat a rental property. They also may not know everything that a seasoned renter will. If you end up renting to a first-time tenant, you may want to go...
by Dave Luciano | Jun 14, 2017 | Tips and Tricks
Summer is almost here (two more weeks!) and with the season comes long days and hot weather. If your property has a pool that will help tenants beat the heat, you may have already noticed the benefits that a pool provides to rental homes. Pools are desirable meaning...
by Dave Luciano | May 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Whether you are a part-time landlord or a property manager for a larger company, there will always be the temptation to become friends with the tenants. For those who own and manage single family rentals, there may even be friends who have asked if they can rent from...
by Dave Luciano | May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
If a tenant is noisy in the middle of a forest, will anyone file a noise complaint? Probably not. But most tenants tend to live near other people, which can lead to a few different things happening: emails from the neighborhood HOA, complaints from a building manger,...
by Dave Luciano | May 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
When you are looking for a good tenant, you are probably looking for a few specific traits that makes them appealing to you. Good tenants have good jobs, nice cars, no pets, and have never touched a drum set in their life. It’s possible that you have created the image...
by Dave Luciano | May 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Brick is an ancient building material that has managed to never go out of style. Whether it is for construction or decoration, brick can do wonders for a building. In recent years, brick has been used more for its aesthetic appeal than for actual building material,...
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