Category Archives: Winnetka Property Management

What To Look For When Screening a Tenant Let me start by saying the following is not written as legal advice, whatsoever. I write this as a casual observer who has witnessed many landlords suffer over ...

Screening Tenants Legally BY ROBBIE CRONROD In October, a Massachusetts landlord who refused to rent to pregnant women or families with minor children was found guilty of violating the federal Fair Ho ...

Habits Of Highly Successful Property Managers No. 1 – Make Communication A Core Competency “Create templates for everything, from emails to new tenants, notifications you send when people are la ...

Maintenance and repairs on rental properties by Christopher Berkompas  A big part of a property manager’s responsibility is to oversee the ongoing maintenance of the properties they manage. This ...

When can you withhold rent? by Sarah Block When a tenant withholds rent, it’s the last resort in a situation where they feel out of control. In this case, tenants do the only thing they can control: w ...

Managing Rental Property Real estate management companies are responsible for looking after and taking care of property for a landlord who does not have as much time as they would like to focus on the ...

What Makes a Good Property Manager? BY BRENDAN FLAHERTY  A good property manager is like a hip dad. He or she may not say things like, “Hey pal, whatcha say we go toss around the ol’ ...

    Reasons You Need a Property Manager BY BRENTON HAYDEN   Many aspiring landlords believe that owning rental property will be a dream come true. You get to sit back and coll ...

    Things to Learn from Successful Property Managers When you are a property manager, filling vacancies and looking after properties are not the only things on your to-do list. You have to ...

    How to Spot a Difficult Tenant     When a rental unit becomes vacant, there can be intense pressure to fill the unit. Every month the rental unit is left vacant is a month of l ...