Hawaii Real Estate Hawaii's real estate market continued hot in February with single family housing sales growth of 5% along with price gains of 20% year over year to a new median price of $917,500. Condo sales rose grew 41% year over year with a new median price of $457,500. Oahu, Kauai, and Maui all saw…

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…

Property Management Service Firms Doing your research to find the right service firm for you?  Is it leasing, maintenance, accounting, or rent collection you need most? You may be able to fulfill most, and likely your provider will need many specialized skills. A property management firm could be the right choice if your portfolio is…

34 Handy Apps for Landlords & Property Managers No property management software does everything a landlord might need. Fortunately, there's a sizable selection of landlord apps, new property manager apps and other helpful real estate apps to help rental pros fill those service and productivity gaps. Few could have foreseen the huge demand for landlord apps, yet…

Be the Tenant Landlords Want What do you think is the first thing comes to mind when your landlord hears your name? Is it sparkling images of a conscientious, responsible person who makes their business a success? Or does their head drop with a frown, as they remember all the friction you've generated for them,…

Make Your Rental Apartment Warm and Inviting For a full century, rental apartments were thought of as empty spaces for renters to occupy and adapt to. Apartments were a place to sleep and eat, and not so much a warm, inviting home. The word home was meant only for houses. In the last 5 years…

California’s Housing Market Forecast The California housing market has been in a short lull and is recovering slowly.  In January, home and condo prices declined. Rent prices are down slightly from February in Los Angeles, San Francisco, while rents rose in San Diego, San Jose, and Anaheim. This could encourage some buyers to continue renting vs…

NAA Conference - Advocate 2021 There's a lot going on in Washington and your state with respect to how the government represents the interests of landlords and tenants fairly. It's generally believed that Federal and State governments are not playing fair and are instead playing politics at landowners' expense. It's made being a landlord a…

Rent Collection Strategy for Landlords Landlords and property managers of all types are having some difficulty with late paying tenants as well as rent defaults in this last 12 months. It's great that Covid vaccinations are progressing, however the issue with tenant back rent owed, and future missed payments isn't over. The moratorium delays just…

National Rent Price Growth Rising The housing market has been going gangbusters for about 10 months now and it looks like home prices are about to take another leap forward into March and beyond. Let's take a look at what the rental market data research providers are indicating lately. Special thanks to Zumper and Apartmentlist…

Australian Property Market Forecast 2021 Australian housing prices look to be on a rocketing path even as summer comes to an end. Home prices grew an astonishing 2.1% in February (3% in Sydney) according to newly released housing market data. New data from Abs.gov.au shows it is home buyers jumping into the market starting in January…

Biggest Mistakes Landlords Make   "If only I'd known then what I know now."  That's what too many landlords utter when they're struggling to keep afloat, facing weighty financial challenges, and looking for ways to improve their profits. When we cover the topic of the most costly landlord mistakes, it's not insinuating, but rather just…

Buy vs Rent a Home? 2021 is unfolding and many of us are returning to the pressing question of buying vs renting a home.  It's a tantalizing opportunity to buy a house, but are we reaching out to grab a branch on a cliff? Hundreds of thousands of Americans, Canadians, Brits and Aussies are all…

21 Key Property Management Trends for 2021 As spring 2021 approaches, we're wondering which key trends will impact property management in 2021?  See all the important trends below. Will it be financial, technological, or political forces that will shape property management this year? That's the focus of the ManageCasa blog. Be sure to bookmark to stay…

Growth Hacking for Property Management Companies Welcome to 2021!  Wow, 2020 was a strange and challenging year for landlords, tenants and property management companies. Welcome to the ManageCasa blog where we offer tips, strategy, insights, and the latest rental housing data for your professional development. Please do share with tenants and owners as appropriate. From…

UK Property Market Forecast 2021 As the UK enters another period of shutdown measures, we're concerned with the fallout for the UK rental market. The lockdown is likely to exacerbate occupancy rate challenges in Greater London and raise prices in the pandemic destination towns. Amidst all the pessimism and events of the summer of 2020,…

Property Management Financial Statements Monitoring property financial performance and examining the financial statements is one of the most essential tasks for a property manager. Your portfolio's financial performance should be reviewed on a monthly basis by the asset manager, director of property management, regional manager, and property manager.  When reviewing financial documents, the Profit and Loss…

Apartment Rental Prices A trend in rent prices has swept across the  US  (and UK, Germany, Canada, Australia).  Apartment rent prices fell in major cities while house rental prices grew in pandemic destination cities and towns. While rents climb in the pandemic destination cities, apartment rent decreases in urban areas are beginning to moderate. This is…

15 Practical Reasons to Automate Your Workflow When property managers see their number of properties to service grow, they feel a pressing need to increase efficiency. What worked when winging it every day, no longer does when you have 100 apartments and 175 houses to manage. Multitasking property managers and staff must find ways to do…

Property Management Firms Florida The state of Florida is perhaps the most unique environment in the US. Warm to very hot and humid climate, plenty of water and coastlines, salt air, lightning, flooding, hurricanes in the late summer provides enough challenges for any property manager. And with plenty of tourists for 4 or 5 winter…

Rental Property Market 2021 Will the 2021 rental property sector still be a good choice for investors and property rental business entrepreneurs? One survey of property managers, landlords and investors found that almost 2/3rds are optimistic about the rental property sector going into 2021. The Covid 19 shutdowns and stoppages combined with renter defaults, rising…

6 Steps to Choose the Right Software Software is integral to property management companies today. That's why focusing on the specific benefits you need is important. After defining your needs and your benefits, you'll be better prepared to filter in those property management software solutions (or HOA management software) you know will work well.  We believe…

Rental Advertising Tips Are you frustrated with the quality of tenants you're attracting via your rental listing ads and promotional efforts? It's not a simple thing to reach renters and filter in only the best.  However, good tenants are your key business asset, and writing great rental advertisements is how you attract them. Most landlords and…

Which PM Software Features Are Vital? Progressive, continuously successful property managers, HOA managers, asset managers or landlords are looking for PM software with the right mix of features and benefits. They're finding their current solutions aging and not compatible with the new, cloud-based, internet-connected environment. But as they prepare to switch software solutions, they're uncertain of…

Property Management In 2020, property management companies using cloud-based, property management software will be essential to help landlords maintain profit performance, meet regulation standards, optimize rent collection, keep tenants leased and manage those tenants well. Managers of property management companies are becoming aware that they themselves are key to driving profit and raising asset values. Whether…

Choose the Right HOA Management Company Few people outside the property management industry understand the difference between HOA management and property management.  The difference for industry pros is pretty clear, but for newbies the distinction is sometimes difficult to make. Regardless of who owns the properties in a community(s), a homeowner's association must be set…

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…

Which Metrics do the Best Property Managers Focus on? The best property managers or landlords pay sharp attention to the profitability and health of their companies. And they know certain metrics generate more revenue, improve cash flow, and make owners happy. Keeping an eye on the financial and business health of your company is easy through the…

Best Property Management Apps It's a mobile world, even for property managers and landlords. Having the best apps to help you do work is what separates modern managers from the rest of the pack. You can enjoy using productivity, financial, communications, and scheduling apps in an all-in-one property management application such as ManageCasa.  Yet, you'll…

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ManageCasa, the leading intuitive, interactive and automated property management software for DIY landlords and property managers, today announced a partnership with Stripe, the leading platform for online payment processing, to launch a new digital payments solution for the property management industry. Landlords and property managers will now be able to…

Landlord Software Benefits Landlords are a different breed than in decades past.  You are more aware that you need good software tools, apps , and other services to ease your workload and manage your units and tenants better. As a do-it-yourself or self-managing landlord, you have more pressures on your time and budget.  Complicated enterprise focused…

The Pandemic Effect on Management Services Landlords and property management companies are on the front line of the Covid 19 pandemic and many are suffering financially and personally, while others are okay. Despite the pain many some apartment landlords have experienced, most in the industry have developed a newfound respect for their role in the…

Small Landlords Pressured to Sell Properties The Covid 19 pandemic stretches on into 2021 and it's still creating a lot of pain for small to mid sized business landlords. The government is responding with some aid, but the relief is for renters, not so much for small business landlords. The US government issued new orders…

Put the Accent on Profitability This Year Are you one of many property managers or landlords who focus solely on the day to day operations of your rental properties? Isn't it always the case that when you're done with one task or putting out one fire, that the next appears? Task obsession is the way…