Category: Tenant Management

10 Clever Ways Landlords Can Avoid Void Periods It’s an unprecedented, uncertain time for landlords in the UK and worldwide. Where finding new renters was once simple, attracting tenants has taken on new urgency and new challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has eased in some areas and intensified in others, and authorities are expressing concern that…

How to Get Renters to Pay Rent Are you sliding into a dangerous financial situation with renters who avoid paying their rent? Before you hit the inevitable eviction wall, are there tactics you could use to encourage rent payment from renters? The current political mood is one that might make people feel hopeless about or…

Covid 19 Cleaning and Disinfection When we first published this post 4 months ago, we mentioned possible terrible results of Covid 19 outbreaks in Florida, South Carolina, Texas and California. That happened. Only slowly have businesses and citizens taken Covid 19 cleaning and disinfection seriously. Now Covid 19 is spreading fast across the US and in…

How to Keep Your Tenants The Corona Virus slowdown is generating more than unemployment, refinancing, and too much work in collecting rent. It's creating changes in how property management will be conducted going forward. Remember the days of 98% occupancy and zero missed rents? Well, now landlords have to earn those numbers. Rent payment moratoriums…

Know Your Parking Policy We covered rules and regulations in buildings previously, but what are residents' responsibilities on automobiles and parking? Generally speaking, residents must comply with all parking rules, signs, speed limits (e.g. 5 hours per hour), or other directional instructions implemented by the property management company. Parking policy is normally included in House…

Build Resident Relations with One Handbook A Resident Handbook can help landlords build a positive relationship with their tenants.  It's relatively simple to put together and is great way to communicate good apartment management practices to tenants. You might know the resident handbook as a tenant handbook or renter handbook. It's purpose is to help…