Accounting Setup for HOAs Homeowner association boards and their HOA management company face a number of challenges in setting up and managing a cost effective and legally compliant HOA. What they don't need during this phase is a poor handling of the board's financial transactions, producing inaccurate financial reports for HOA planning uses, filing cabinets…

Best Software for Community Association Managers Community associations are the up and coming segment of property management. The number of professionals on Linkedin who are involved in community association management has increased strongly in recent years. One reason is a growth in housing, rental housing and developments. Municipalities however are downloading the cost of maintenance…

Real Estate Accounting Software With profit margins falling and recessionary talk trending up this year, business managers may rely on direction from their accountants or accounting software. More businesses are data driven, which means Realtors, real estate investors, HOA managers, and property managers rely on accounting software for accurate, in-depth reporting of cash flow, budget…

Accounting Software that Supports Your Business Bookkeeping and accounting are two of the most important daily tasks in landlords and property manager’s workday. Simplifying that routine with smart automation is a must because accounting impacts all other areas of your business. Does this mean smart accounting software will help create integration and efficiency, and your…

Improve Your Property Management Accounting What's the big trend in accounting for property management in 2023? It has to be using a SaaS-based property accounting system to automate and avoid the common, disruptive mistakes in accounting that typically happen. The key idea today is that accounting is a vital business asset, which drives better performance,…

Creating a Profitable Property Management Being good at property management doesn't necessarily mean you'll be adept at running a profitable property management company. Many landlords can attest to poor profitability, and they're likely hiring your firm to rectify that issue.  Because business really is about profit. It's not a hobby and you wouldn't risk your…

Investigating Growth via Multifamily Properties Many investors start out in the single family sector and then transition into the multifamily sector. This often evolves from success, management capacity, or economies of scale. And today, growth in multifamily construction, lack of houses, market trends, and the modern amenities which renters are demanding means multifamily is entering…

New Jersey Residential Real Estate Market 2023 New reports show New Jersey may be the leading rental market in the USA for price and  demand. NJ's proximity to metro NYC and Philadelphia elevates the interest in its residential real estate stock, and consequently for available rental housing in its many small to medium-sized cities. Are…

6 Steps to Choose the Software You Need Finding, comparing, evaluating, trying out and selecting the correct property management software is the most important process ahead of you in 2023. Your software is vital. It's the very foundation of your business helping you coordinate services, collect payments and manage your budget. It's much more than…

CAI Community Association Conference & Expo: CommunityNOW ManageCasa will be in Texas on May 17th for the 2023 CAI Annual Conference and Exposition: CommunityNOW. The Community Associations Institute (CAI) headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year.  Fittingly, this event being held in Dallas is going to be a Texas-sized community celebration!…

The Right Software for your Mid-Sized Firm Landlords today come in all sizes, varieties, and geographies while confronting a variety of business challenges. Yet, when their business grows into the mid-sized level, challenges mount and profitability grows so it makes for an interesting venture. Whether you want to grow or not, if you manage 200…

NARPM Broker Owner Conference 2023 The award winning Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California will be the setting for the upcoming NARPM Broker Owner Conference in April 2023. It's one of the more interesting and intimate property management conference events in California. You'll be joining many professionals active in the California housing…

2023 US Property Management Conferences, Trade Shows and Expos ManageCasa has been a fixture at property management trade shows and conventions in the US and Europe. And we're looking forward to more fun events in 2023, perhaps one you'll be attending such as Apartmentalize. We enjoy meeting current and future customers at many events throughout…

Spring Property Maintenance Checklist Spring of 2023 is not far off! Maintenance staff are readying themselves for their spring schedule of fixes and repairs to keep assets in top condition. Owners feel good when their properties look good, serve tenants well and their property values are protected. Spring is a special part of your complete…

Atlanta Housing Market 2023 Last month, NAR's Lawrence Yun cited Atlanta, Georgia's housing market as the one to watch in 2023. It's an important vote of confidence in the market and potential for rental investors, and as you'll see below, the rent yields are higher than average in Atlanta. While some cities may see a…

Condo & HOA Expo in Palm Beach Florida The warmth, sunshine, ocean vistas, relaxing beaches, tourist venues, and other attractions make Palm Beach an ideal location for a conference or trade show. And Southeast Florida is the ideal setting for an event specialized for HOA and Community managers. We completed exhibiting at the Palm Beach…

Manage Property Management Cost Costs are a growing concern for landlords and property managers as inflation eats more of their profit margin. As landlords search for property managers and new software, they're thinking about cost reduction. Sometimes reducing expenditures is easy, and other times it requires some creative thinking and deeper reviews of your accounting…

Property Managers in Georgia As you may have read on the Atlanta housing market report, the Georgia rental market may be one of the most promising in the nation. For landlords, Georgia's landlord friendly laws helps to ensure unfair, disastrous business situations don't occur. There is a lower tax rate in the state, and its…

Tampa Bay Condo & HOA Expo Tampa Florida is an amazing location for community association conferences and the city hosts many events throughout the year. Florida is an exciting and dynamic rental market for short term and long term rental opportunities for landlords. Strong demand and growing construction means more profitable opportunities for investors. We're…

Helpful Tips for Trade Show Exhibitors You're likely considering exhibiting at a local property management event in your region, or maybe even at the major Apartmentalize, NARPM Broker, NMHC, REALTORs conferences. They're exciting events, with thousands of attendees, vendors, and sometimes celebrities and contests. At the Apartmentalize Conference in Denver in 2029, Apartments.com gave away…

Reviewing Roofing Types for Rental Properties When landlords (and some property management companies) consider buying a rental property, one of the important criteria is the condition of the structure's roof. A worn, leaky roof promises a host of problems whereas a beautiful roof is a glorious crown on a desirable home.  And as we see…

Compare Property Management Software Hunting for stellar 5 star performance from an affordable property management solution? Property managers and landlords are actively in pursuit of quality brand of user friendly software to enable their businesses to fully adopt digital technology and simplify the complexity of business. You've likely done some comparison shopping for property management…

Apartmentalize 2023 The 2023 National Apartment Association (NAA) Conference & Trade Show is scheduled to take place on June 7th to 9th at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Apartmentalize 2023 will present plenty of speaker sessions on areas of operations, marketing, maintenance, leasing, leadership, and more. More than 500 technology providers showcased their…

Tax Deductions for Rental Properties Claiming all the necessary tax deductions and credits on your tax return is your right as a taxpayer. Yet, not all rental landlords and property managers keep excellent records. If this is you, there is a simple solution to claiming your deductions and avoiding penalties -- it's to use a…

7 Benefits of Automation in Property Management Software Our work routines are a wonderful thing.  They give us stability, balance, and we get tasks done. We like the feeling of being engaged in serving our customers every minute of the day. While you enjoy your daily work, there is a point where slugging it out…

Rental Property Market Forecast Investors continue investigating whether the rental property markets in the US, Canada, UK, Spain, Australia and Germany/Switzerland will generate positive ROI in 2023. The global economic slowdown, low housing availability with strong immigration and rising demographic demand (millennials/Gen Z) for rentals, inflationary costs, rising unemployment create mixed signals. If the stock…

UK Property Market Update How quickly the outlook on the UK property market has changed. We went from boomtime reports earlier this year to doomsdays scenarios. Those lofty price heights dashed by stronger headwinds should push the housing market into a sizable downturn, but perhaps not as severe as some might predict. Support for beleaguered…

16 Key Services Rental Owners Need Are you looking to hire a property management services firm near you soon in 2023? Have you been been in the rental property business for a while, yet haven't enjoyed the profit performance you expected? A key reason might be that your property management and maintenance services providers may…

Find Great Property Managers Property managers offer professional level management services to allow landlords to increase efficiency, profit, streamline tasks, and improve the tenant experience. Whether you're outsourcing leasing or maintenance operations, or hiring a provider whom you might buy out at some point, building an unbiased view of their real value is vital.  It…

Hawaii Real Estate Market Hawaii remains one of the world’s most rare and attractive housing markets. Is it still a place you might like to call home or perhaps a good city to buy a rental property? For sure, supply of single family houses, and even multifamily units is lacking. With challenges for new supply…

"How to" Property Management Tips The business of rental property management is evolving. You'll need education and insight from many sources.  We'd like to think you'll enjoy our series of posts with plenty of valuable tips for landlords and property managers. And when we talk about property management, we are really talking about profit management.…

A New Definition of Property Management With the pandemic ending, we may enjoy a much brighter outlook for the business of rental property management in 2023. Yet, that is a prediction, perhaps even a description of the market and the opportunity for rental owners and managers. Without realizing it, we allow news stories and opinions…

Tips for Hopeful Renters Continuing into 2023, the rental housing market vacancy rates are low. And while renters expect rent prices to fall, they aren't by much as yet. In fact, in some cities year over year rent growth in January was above 30%. The competition among renters is intense and will continue to be. …

Nashville Housing Market Update Nashville Tennessee is gaining notoriety with a larger number of Americans in 2022. Two of our prized ManageCasa staff live in the region and can attest to the quality of life that is attracting newcomers. As buyers across the US consider and wait for the sale of their own property, the…

Essential Property Management Tool There are endless tasks you'll have to handle as a property manager in 2023. Like most pros, you'll search for some digital tools to help. And in your quest, you'll find some property management apps and landlord apps. If tools do help, you'll want to know first what your company weaknesses…

21 Best Property Management Apps Property managers always seem to be in need of some help to save time and money. The bottom line with property management software and apps is to save your time and help you and your staff get work done. These apps aren't just smartphone apps. The "applications" we're introducing here…

Cut Property Management Costs 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 maintenance requests, reading maintenance history,…

Versatile, Easy to Use Software for Landlords You're looking for rental management software solution that will make your landlord work easier, more accurate and versatile and will meet your tenant's expectations and keep you profitable. We talk a lot about ManageCasa's accounting functionality as being perhaps the best available. It's not off-the-shelf small business accounting…

Property Management Your challenges may only increase as 2023 nears which is why automated and professional grade solutions are the right choice. Increasingly, property managers are responsible for mixed use properties and taking on new types of rental assets. Isn't it nice to scale up, not worry, and maintain total control of your wide range…

Real Estate Housing Market 2023 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…

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…

Get the Most from Conferences and Trade Shows Attending a trade show or conference might be the right way to kick off a great year ahead. The conference organizers build events tuned to the real needs of attendees, and a surprising amount of time, money and effort go into building these beautiful trade booths, learning…

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…

HOA Management Software If you operate an HOA management services 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 management software can help make work much easier. In 2023, HOA…

30 Key Trends for the Property Management Industry in 2023 As property management industry professionals adjust to the post-covid era in 2023, they have a group of legacy challenges they may be taking with them into the next few years. Rent payment delays, debt, fewer trained staff and higher wage costs, higher maintenance and financing…

Next Gen Platforms Make your Work Easy Advanced, next generation technology is revolutionizing the property management sector.  Our sector is one of the last to adopt cloud services and advanced service modules, yet property managers are looking ahead. Modern next generation platform features open up a world of speed, data security, mobile access and advanced…