Do the Math: This Is Why Renters Should Renew Their Seattle Rental Leases
Are your tenants sitting with a calculator in hand, trying to determine whether to move out of your Seattle rentals? If so, it’s time to figure out how to keep them. If you’re an exceptional landlord, tenants are less likely to want to leave. How can you convince them that staying in your current rental […]
What Does a Rental Property Management Company Do?
When you started to invest in rental properties, did you plan to manage many of them yourself? Property maintenance, tenant screening, promotion and advertising, finance — the list of management duties can be overwhelming. If you’re struggling to keep up with all of the details connected to your rental properties, here’s what a rental property […]
Rental Property Management During Winter Months
Happy holidays, welcome winter, and wow – is that a burst pipe in your rental property? During the winter months, rental property management can be anything but jolly. Cold temperatures, snow, and ice all have an impact on your properties and can lead to headaches in property management at this very busy time of the […]
Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate Ramps Up
Investment in U.S. real estate is a booming business. According to The Investor, “the U.S. real estate market remains a magnet for offshore investors with figures for the first half of 2017 showing the country continues to be the worlds leading recipient of cross-border capital, attracting US $19.8 billion of foreign investment.” Why is the […]
Keeping Up With the Demand for Seattle Rentals: The International District is Growing
Seattle is always changing. In recent years, the demand for Seattle rental property and Seattle’s housing market, in general, has flourished. With a busy technology industry and with Boomers who are looking at downsizing, the housing market in Seattle is thriving. In response, builders have been busy adding new units to Seattle’s downtown areas, including […]
How Much Do You Know About Renters’ Rights?
Renters have rights. As a rental property owner, you know this, but you also know that individual situations can be tricky to navigate. While you own your property, your tenants are your guests there, and your relationship with your tenants is regulated to ensure that neither one of you takes advantage of or hurts the […]
Choosing Property Management for your Seattle Rental: Top Considerations
How do you choose your partner in life or work? It’s not for the glossy surface, but for what really counts. How does that partner help you grow toward your goals and work with you so that you can make a difference in the world? When you choose to pursue property investment as an income […]
How to Simplify Retail Rental Property Management
Managing retail property isnt an easy task. Youre now in charge of the welfare of many different businesses, all at different stages of their life cycle and with diverse owners and markets. While these businesses all need a place to call home, their needs can also be quite different and youre responsible for managing property […]
How to Create Passive Income With Your Rental Property
Rent week is coming. That means that you’re already feeling behind. Instead of being happy that the rent is coming, you dread the thought of rent week because for you, it means knocking on doors to track down those checks that didn’t come in. Many landlords purchase rental properties because they want a passive income […]
Booming Rental Market in Seattle
Seattle’s real estate market is on fire, and if you own rental properties you may have noticed that the Seattle rental market is moving just as quickly. According to the Seattle Times, “the greater Seattle real estate market already the hottest in the country somehow keeps picking up even more steam.” What is […]