California Housing Market California home prices surged 10% month to month to new record highs and demand still outpaces supply. Higher mortgage rates and mortgage payments don't seem to be deterring prospective buyers of real estate in California. That could be said of most housing markets. However, the rate of price growth during this past…

Yesterday's Trends are Now Today's Challenges As the rental management industry moves forward on a quicker timeline, it's important for a property manager to develop a strategy to help them anticipate what's ahead, and respond long before events play out. Those trends we've discussed here in past years have deepened. And other changes, challenges and…

Outlook for Rent Prices Rent is rising in 2022, faster than it did in 2021. That shouldn't be a surprise that so far this year national rents have risen 2.5% vs 1.9% in 2021 during the first 3 months. However the rate of growth in the past month could send shockwaves into communities if they…

Best Apartment Rental Listing Sites The spring apartment and house hunt season has started.  And although landlords and property managers can easily attract eager renters, the real issue for you is the ease of managing vacancies and attracting quality renters. The major apartment rental listing websites receive an enormous amount of traffic from rent seekers.…

Best Places to Buy Rental Property In 2022, US home buyers are under pressure to find a home soon.  Many will not because of low supply, high prices, high financing costs, big down payments, and since more buyers are investors. Competition is intense. And rental property investors are also forced to look widely for the…