First impressions are everything. It’s not just the property they’re judging, the place they’ll be living in, it is you, the property manager, and your place of work. Having a dank and dreary leasing office or waiting room is no way to impress them as a caring and responsible property manager. Not only that, having
Cook County, Illinois has passed a Just Housing Ordinance, restricting the use of criminal records for resident screening. Following the anti-resident screening trend, this new ordinance went into effect on December 21st, 2019 and will have a grace period for non-compliance enforcement until January 31st, 2020. What’s changing? Verify their financial info qualifies with rental
Flushable Wipes – When they first hit the market they were better and more exciting than sliced bread! I remember how excited I was to reach a whole new level of ‘clean,’ and it didn’t take long for my family to jump on the wipe train almost exclusively. We had a package in every bathroom
Are you looking for a career in property management? Or perhaps you already are a property manager in search of ways to get better at your trade; in that case, it is about time you step up your game. If you aren’t a property manager yet, relax! There are no hard and fast rules or
2019 turned the rental housing industry upside down – with rent caps, stricter tenant screening regulations, and increased tenants’ rights – and set precedent for the decade’s next rental housing laws. While we’ve seen rental housing trends rise and fall (remember the micro-apartment phase?), 2019’s new laws made waves so big we’ll likely see similar
Noise complaints are the biggest & most common complaint property managers have to deal with. For most property managers, this issue can almost be an afterthought; something you don’t prepare for at first because, well, most of us expect the best out of our residents. Unfortunately, it’s a part of the property management business and
With the temperature dropping, most people want to stay on their couch with a cozy blanket and some good TV. The holidays offer many things, family, holiday classics, and a reprieve from usual stressors with more days off from work. Even with so many people planning their upcoming vacations from their everyday jobs, winter doesn’t
While catching up to the latest rental housing laws at the end of each year can be a little intense, legislators had a field day with 2019. This year some crazy rental housing laws were passed… some good, some scary, and some downright surprising. Take a look at our top 5 craziest rental laws passed
Not everyone has the luxury of magical, innate knowledge of who’s been good or bad this year. If only we could split applicants down the middle with an either-or decision, naughty or nice, yes or no. If only it was magically that easy to know which applicants to accept, and then reward yourself for that
If you have a renter who needs to be evicted, you might not be able to file for one before 2020. After California’s state-wide rent control and “just cause” eviction law passed, many cities and counties have been rushing within the last few months to enact temporary eviction ordinances to prevent rental property owners from