Kids in the Apartment Building The kids in the building are restless. It's hard to think about kids running around playing and adults socializing right now. Yet, making your building a more fun place to live has many benefits. After Covid 19 is gone, they'll still be restless and it will be summer. We can't…

Make Your Rental Apartment Warm and Inviting For a full century, rental apartments were thought of as empty boxes for renters to occupy and adapt to. Apartments were a place to sleep and eat, and not so much as a location for a great lifestyle. In the last 5 years that's changed. Apartments then were…

How to Manage Tenant Leases Easily Tenant leases are at the core of the relationship between the property manager and the tenant. The lease defines the terms of a lease and generates automated accounting transactions. Leases are often created in a non standard fashion, and often landlords simply copy a lease they found on the…

Lease Agreement 101 – Evictions Tenants are often fearful to hear the word of “lease termination” or “eviction’. Yet a landlord can indeed terminate the lease agreement if tenant materially breaches the lease terms. Tenants should pay extra attention to the lease terms, timeline on written notice to vacate the units, as well as the…

Understanding Lease Agreements 101 – Part 1 How often do tenants read lease agreements and understand them? Likely not very often or thoroughly, which means potential renters don’t often know what they’re signing. That could lead to misunderstandings, legal battles, and conflict. If a tenant understands the lease they’re signing, it might actually create a…