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Tips for hiring a competent property manager By Melissa Sprouse Browne    Owning rental property can be an excellent investment. A good source of steady income, rentals can offer the opportunity to in ...

Duties of a Property Manager By John A. Yoegel The duties of a property manager for the purposes of the Real Estate License Exam generally are defined as maximizing income and maintaining or increasin ...

Tenant Screening Tips for Property Managers   BY MATT DONNELLY The 80/20 rule of the landlord-tenant relationship dictates that 20% of your tenants will be responsible for 80% of your grievances and h ...

Rent Payments Reported to Credit Bureaus – RentBureau RentTrack Help Your Credit by Reporting Rent Payments Paying your rent on time each month feels good and, of course, saves you the unnecessa ...

What Landlords Look For in a Credit Report by Claire Tsosie Nearly one in two landlords said the results of a credit check were among the top three factors used when deciding whether to accept a tenan ...

Should I Rent Through a Property Management Company? by Elle Di Jensen The relationship with property management is more formal than with a landlord. Property management companies provide valuable ser ...

A Landlord Credit Report Helps You Screen Tenants Being a property owner or manager is stressful enough. Having tenants who are late with their rent or unable to pay altogether can make matters much w ...

Common Maintenance Issues: Avoid Getting Calls About Them Once you’ve placed a responsible tenant in your rental, your major responsibilities as a landlord, outside of collecting rent, will like ...

Finding A” Perfect” Tenant In this guide you’ll learn how to qualify every prospective renter you run into by eliminating unquali?ed and problem tenants early in the application process. Y ...

HUD Proposes Banning Smoking in Public Housing The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed banning smoking in all buildings under its control, another nail in the coffin for dwindling ...