Who Will Attend Apartmentalize 2022? NAA apartmentalize conference is on tomorrow June 22nd. You might be wondering what mix of celebrities, industry experts, and technology vendors will be in attendance. One of the top reasons to attend conferences and trade shows is to meet the top people in the business.  Make your plans to attend…

What is NAA Apartmentalize? You may have been trying to decide when to attend another property management related conference.  One major convention and trade show will be live in San Diego, California and we'd like you to attend. The Apartmentalize 2022 Conference & Expo is a large industry convention organized by the National Apartment Association,…

What is the NAA? The National Apartment Association (NAA) is the leading voice for the rental housing industry in the US. NAA's 82,000 strong membership includes landlords, property managers, apartment managers, maintenance services providers, rental investors, industry affiliates and many more professionals in the rental housing industry. The NAA serves as a trusted, credible resource…

Buy vs Rent a Home? Time is moving on and the housing market, interest rates, consumer sentiment, and the economy have changed once again. This year, the purchase of a home is reaching an all time level of difficulty. As you'll discover here, the question of buy vs rent may have a different answer in…

Cut Your Work Pain with Property Management Software Automation Are you pressured daily with data entry, renewing leases, processing renter applications, resolving maintenance issues, handling renter payments and collections, processing expenses, and sporadic communications with tenants? How much time do you spend logging in, opening account files, doing manual data entry edits, phoning tenants, reading…

Managing Properties via the Cloud For years now, we've been promoting the power of the cloud in property management. That was before the Covid pandemic sped up the adoption of cloud computing in the property management sector. Today, it's hard to imagine a property management company passing on the incredible service and business value accessible…

Time to Switch to a New Property Management Software?   "If the software we're using now is working okay, why would we need to switch?"   That's a common question property managers ask when pondering whether to upgrade or switch products. The fact you're thinking about it means you see it as a possibility. And…

National Rent Prices Rising Again May's asking rent prices and rent prices paid crept higher in May.  In fact, both 1 and 2 bedroom reached new all time national highs again.  That counters the notion that a cooling home buying market would translate to lower rent prices. Renters keep asking when rent prices will fall,…

Best Apartment Rental Listing Sites Tenants are on the hunt for a better apartment, condo or house to rent. For landlords however, the best of them can be difficult to reach, especially against a mass of other landlords who are actively courting them too. By optimizing and automating your vacancy listings using ManageCasa's syndicated listing…

The Right Software for Your Business New research shows 100,000 new property management businesses will be launched in the next few years. What many not appreciate is how they're company's success will depend on the rental management software they choose. This software is the platform for successful business in the digital era. They'll be competing…

Trending in Property Management As the rental management industry moves forward on a quicker timeline, it's important for a property manager to develop a strategy to help them anticipate what's ahead, and respond long before events play out. Those trends we've discussed here in past years have deepened. And other changes, challenges and opportunities are…

US Property Management Conventions, Trade Shows and Expos The 2022 convention and expo season is already under way.  the NAA Apartmentalize Show is the first of the big 3 events for the 2022 season. Some of the attendees are eager given the last two years have shut down the convention industry considerably.  The mood at…

California Housing Market Buyers are wondering when to buy, but sellers don't look willing to sell, and then be faced with high rising mortgage rates themselves. It's a perfect storm for the California real estate market as affordability plummets. California home prices soared 4.1% higher than March's levels to a new record again at $884,890.…

Giving Landlords Their Weekends Back Weekends are the favorite part of the week for many people. Long weekends are even better, but maybe not for some DIY yourself or part time landlords. For a long time, we've thought of Saturday and Sunday as days to recharge, thus they were almost seen as time off to…

Property Management Software Pricing When some property managers consider switching to a new property management solution, they may check out pricing sheets right away. Small business landlords even more frequently visit the pricing web page even though other pages are more important to their businesses. In fact, today's software is a veritable bargain and is…

10 Ways to Create a Powerful Marketing System for Property Managers Crisis brings opportunity. With economic and business changes this year pressuring landlords, some may seek a new business focus, and look for new providers and new solutions. If you broaden your exposure online and offline, your best landlord client accounts may be just ahead.…

Resolving the Worst Pains of Property Managers Finding better ways to improve operations efficiencies is likely the number one objective of smart property management pros this year. Why? Because reducing workloads cuts costs which allows you and your staff to get to those tasks and projects that matter to business success. Business success is everything.…

High Rent Prices are Persistent What comes after a period of steep rent price rises? Housing crash, building boom, or perhaps rent controls? Economists are suggesting these high rent prices are going to persist for some time. Last August, in a CNBC report, Peter Boockvar, CIO of Global Advisors said “Rental increases, which is the…

8 Ways to Lift your Staff Morale Every year, the spring season seems to liven up everyone's mood and for some inexplicable reason, we're more active, engaging, communicative, and productive. If only we could bottle that and save it for the rest of the year! We've been through something awful through the pandemic. If morale…

Cheer Up Your Tenants This Summer The 2022 summer season is not far off now.  Quite a few landlords and tenants have been through "H E double hockey sticks" and are in need of some mood-lifting fun, socialization, and adventure. These beautiful, warm months only happen once a year.  What's more appropriate than using some…

The Joy of Mobile Property Management What's especially nice for a landlord or property manager is to manage properties from anywhere.  Yet the bigger benefit of going mobile might be that it's a better way to work. Our development and technical team have worked hard to build ManageCasa's reputation as an easy to learn and…

UK Property Market Update The property market in the UK is beginning to grow this spring of 2022. Normally, across the United Kingdom, sales grow to the tune of 28% while this March's growth numbers are much less at 18% (and up 2.6% from February). With subdued demand, higher mortgage rates, return of the stamp…

Outlook for Rent Prices Rent is rising in 2022, faster than it did in 2021. That shouldn't be a surprise that so far this year national rents have risen 2.5% vs 1.9% in 2021 during the first 3 months. However the rate of growth in the past month could send shockwaves into communities if they…

Hawaii Real Estate Market Hawaii remains one of the world's most rare and attractive housing markets, and as the recovery continues, interest in buying and renting in Hawaii is bound to grow. The persistent trend to remote work will benefit the state although inflation and low numbers of rental units will reduce this cultural trend. …

Easy Lease Renewals Rental property industry surveys have shown that attracting and retaining high quality renters is gaining top priority among landlords and property managers. Tenant churn likely to increase now that the pandemic is easing and due to fast rising rents. Unaffordability alone will result in many of them giving up their apartments, condos…

Small Landlords Continue Struggling Unfairly Today's jobs report was a bright sign for the US economy and bolsters hopes for a continuous recovery from the pandemic recession. Yet the CDC has just extended the US government's eviction ban, without providing proper stimulus funding for rental apartment and rental house tenants who need help -- a…

Time for Full Rental Home Inspection Spring has arrived and landlords and property managers both are able to access their properties again to check for damage. Your rental house, townhouse or condo property is extremely valuable and damage can be very expensive if you don't discover problems right away. The winter typically generates the most…

Rental Property Market Forecast The US rental property market is growing in size, funding, and investment opportunity.  Growth in investment and in new rental property portfolios will drive demand for property management companies and new software technology. Enjoy further insights in this State of the Rental Market Report for 2022 which includes stats, projections and…

Managing Single Family Rentals Economic and demographic changes have really juiced up demand for single family rental housing (SFR) and it's spawning excellent business opportunities for investors and property management firms. Back in 2014, many investors and managers were wondering about the wisdom of adding single family houses to their property mix. Today, they're reaping…

Best Brands for Rental Properties As we enter the spring maintenance season, quite a few property managers will be tasked to repair, replace or upgrade everything from kitchen appliances, washers and dryers, to fixing toilets, pipes, roofs and windows that are leaking. All those maintenance, repairs and replacement expenses represent a continuous drain on your…

Onboarding New Tenants This year, given the work from home trend, increased migration, and rising rent prices, tenant churn might be on the rise. It's likely you'll be welcoming new tenants. And you may have your own thoughts and impressions about tenant churn, sometimes good (bad tenants leave), sometimes not so good (losing good tenants).…

6 Steps to Choose the Right Software Software is a core foundation for most property management companies today.  An all in one software platform eases administration and maintenance workloads, improves service and aids financial management. Choosing one that's powerful yet is still simple for staff to learn and use makes all the difference in operations…

Spotting Fraudulent Rental Applications When the stakes are high for renters to capture a rental in an ultralow vacancy market, some renters may embellish their rental application data. Others may be more sinister. It is the difficulty and unfairness of the tight rental market with its criteria (income, non-gig employment, credit ratings, and other criteria)…

Best Places to Buy Rental Property In 2022, US home buyers are under pressure to find a home soon.  Many will not because of low supply, high prices, high financing costs, big down payments, and since more buyers are investors. Competition is intense. And rental property investors are also forced to look widely for the…

A Keen Focus on Business Growth We've discussed the topic of growth and profitability in many posts, and they are vital topics for property management companies. There are a good number of property managers who are keen on growing their businesses either through new clients or by acquiring properties themselves. With rent revenues rising so…

Find a Great Property Management Company When landlords find their daily workload has become too much to bear, they have two choices: 1. bring more staff and grow the business in order to make the workload manageable or 2. hire a property management company and outsource everything. Most landlords have staff on payroll already however…

Proptech Solutions 2022 Over the years, we've become more familiar with the term Proptech, or the fusion of technology and property management. We'll hear it more and more because it delivers significant financial benefits to property managers. Proptech can include a wide range of digital and device technologies that help property managers do more work,…

US Housing Market The United States housing market is experiencing growing pains. In some regions, big influxes of migrants and millennial aged buyers, housing supply is falling far short, and what's available is in the upper price levels. The new release of housing market stats from NAR reveals sales across the US actually rose in…

Tracking HOA Violations Is managing and enforcing HOA violations near the top of your least desired daily tasks? With the right strategy and tools, you can take a lot of the hard work out of the violation tracking process and more effectively achieve your HOA or community management goals. Homeowners as a whole have a…

A New Definition of Property Management 2022 heralds in a much brighter outlook for the business of rental property management. Demand for short and long term rentals is booming and rent prices are rising. New technology platforms and better business models are helping old and new property management companies scale up, improve services, and increase…

Property Management During the Covid pandemic, digital property management platforms became absolutely essential to landlords and property managers. Not only did your daily tasks such as collecting rent, conducting inspections and maintenance work, doing repairs, and engagement with tenants change. You found new uncertainties about your revenues, owner accounts, and your ability to handle tenants…

Job Opportunities in Property Management The 2022/2023 economic rebound will power the rental property sector and generate sizable demand for trained, certified professionals who will manage large portfolios, large budgets, and will need to staff their own firms. An unaffordable housing market, with low housing supply combined with rising employment and wages, along with people…

Switch to a Modern Solution Now that we've outlined the business value of a next generation property management software we'd like to help you surmount any reluctance to modernize with ManageCasa's amazing platform. Let's review the benefits of upgrading to ManageCasa. Please remember that we are dedicated to helping you improve on your current and…

Essential Property Management Tools There are endless tasks you'll have to handle as a property manager in 2022.  Like most pros, you'll search for some digital tools to help. And in your quest, you'll likely be distracted away from the essential capabilities you need. Doing the core tasks well is the hallmark of a professional.…

Why Are Property Maintenance Services Vital? Whether you're a building maintenance manager or an HOA manager, or a rental home owner, maintenance service providers can contribute a great deal to asset value and rental profitability. Keeping customers leased, avoiding major repairs and asset depreciation adds up to significant value in real dollars. And with property…

Home Owners and Community Management Software Whether you're on the board of a community housing association or operate an HOA management company, you have the challenge of serving a community of demanding homeowners. Using your skill, experience, and team to respond and resolve issues quickly is amazing. Yet leveraging the power of a modern HOA …

High Quality Software There's a lot written about software quality including international standards set for products (ISO).  Yet, most consumers don't have a framework to judge product quality to their particular liking. And sometimes standards don't factor in dominant technology or business trends currently coming in.  So their ratings might not reflect what individual users…

Rent Payment Software If you're holding back on using property management software and online rent payment processing, you're holding your business back. Studies show renters want to pay rent online meaning you can attract better renters. Online rent payment availability tells them a great deal about your management philosophy and the renter experience they're going…

How ManageCasa Compares Is your property management software really giving you the business advantage you need? Are you better off now than you were 2 years ago? Too often business pros keep a solution out of habit, not because it's really working for them. And since property management software is so foundational, your solution needs…

The Value of Property Management Companies The latest property management surveys show property managers in 2022, are hoping for profit growth, more properties to manage, and better operations. The pandemic only served to remind rental property owners how lucky they were to have a technology-enabled property management company servicing their properties and tenants.  For large…

House Rental Market Growing The Covid 19 pandemic is reshaping the rental market in the UK, Australia and US. The biggest shift occurring is the demand for single-family rental houses. Single-family detached house rentals have traditionally been viewed as a less profitable rental asset type compared to apartments and multifamily. Too time-consuming, high-priced, too few…

Simplicity Makes Users Feel Good What do most people dream of these days? How about a simpler life devoid of friction, long commutes, persistent bills, receipts and problems, and complicated financial transactions? Yes, we live in complicated world. During the pandemic shutdown however, everyone has been reintroduced to the simple life, and how refreshing it…

15 Trends for Property Managers With the Covid pandemic receding in 2022, property managers will see their roles, challenges and opportunities change. But is it roles or goals that are the key issues? While profitability declined as a priority for property management companies during the last two years, there's little doubt it will re-emerge.  With…

Making Tenant Retention a Priority If we suffer a slowdown or recession in the US, UK, German, Canadian and Australian economies, then rental property owners and managers won't survive it unscathed. As tenants adjust to unaffordable high prices while seeking other wanted rental benefits, they will be on the move to find other accommodations. This…

NARPM Convention 2022 The National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) annual convention and trade show will be held at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 17th to 20th, 2022. As fall closes in and winter looms, Las Vegas might be the perfect location for this year's big event. Warm…

Fend off an Economic Downturn Quite a few property management people feel rental property ownership and management is a recession proof business. That's a key attraction for property management startups. Rents tend not to fall much, cash flow is consistent, demand remains strong, housing supply is constrained by the governments (NIMBYs too), and there's tax…