Property Management Blog

Tenant Inspections Good property management is more than just making sure tenants pay their rent on time.  In addition to the work involved with maintenance, paperwork, advertising, and compliance, a key part of the role ...

We have screened a lot of tenants over the years, and we want to share some of our most successful techniques so you can save time and manage a more effective tenant screening process as ...

When people are moving out of state, they often ask if they should hold onto their property and turn it into a rental home. I get asked this question about three or four times a ...

We have a series of steps that landlords in the Kirkland Redmond area can take when they’re handling delinquent rent payments. It starts with tenant communication and ends with eviction, but a lot of things ...

Every lease agreement will have standard clauses and include information such as how much rent must be paid, when it’s due and whether tenants can have pets. Since we are talking about lease agreements, we ...

Investors and owners looking for a Kirkland area property management company have several choices. There are a handful of duties that most companies do the same, so today we’re pointing out a couple of things ...

Question: I recently ended up in small claims court with a tenant. The issue related to differing interpretations of the original condition of the unit as indicated on the move-in inspection checklist. In our case, ...

Unfortunately, the law is not specific enough to cover everything. We know that the heating, plumbing, cooking, refrigerator must be fixed promptly, but what about the bedroom door that doesn’t close properly, the sagging gate ...

When accepting a pet, it is a good idea to get a little extra deposit for the potential damage a pet can cause. I prefer to add the pet deposit onto the standard damage deposit ...

A couple things I will pass along that has come into play recently in our property management company. Your rental property must have an insurance policy for a rental property. Often times a homeowner will ...