It's Summer and That's When Mold Grows! It's the peak of the year where heat and humidity can aid in the development of mold in your rental units. Humidity, moisture, warmth, darkened rooms or closets, reduced air flow, and rain storms all conspire to give mold spores the maximum chance to spread and grow. Landlords…

Rent vs Buy? This year, hundreds of thousands of people will be using a rent vs buy calculator to make a decision on whether to buy a home or to continue renting. While you're searching through the rental ads, and weighing the possibility of buying, consider how saving your money and renting might be a better…

US Housing Market Summer 2019 This new US housing market update offers key statistics, trends, and insights on the current real estate market and where home prices and rents may be headed. This report is for homebuyers, rental property investors, Realtors, mortgage agents, and property managers or anyone interested in how the housing market impacts…

Should You Manage Your Properties Yourself? Whether through smart investment choices, inheritance, or by some other circumstance, thousands of property owners have become landlords. The revenue is good for some and for others its amazing. While most start out in the property management business with a few houses, duplexes, or apartments and do the work…

Hawaii Housing Market 2019/2020 It's not just American buyers who want a slice of Hawaiian paradise during these good times. Foreign buyers too are pouring billions into the Hawaiian housing market. Hot Oahu, Kauai and Maui In May, home and condo sales and prices increased in almost all of Hawaii. In fact, sales grew 9.5%…