Property Management Blog

Nicolais, T. (2016, October 18). How to Use Real Estate Trends to Predict the Next Housing Bubble. Harvard Extension School. https://extension.harvard.edu/blog/how-to-use-real-estate-trends-to-predict-the-next-housing-bubble/How to Use Real Estate Trends to Predict the Next Housing BubbleA real estate expert explains the predictabili...

A little while ago, we did a video about the difference between investing in a qualified retirement plan like a 401K, versus investing in residential real estate. Today, we’re following up on that, and talking about a lending option that’s available for real estate investors - which is seller financing.How to Understand Seller...

If I only had a crystal ball.People ask us about the rental market here in Utah on an almost weekly basis. There is plenty of information to be found on the web, but that’s part of the problem. We have too much information. Today, we’re talking about our experiences as a property management and real estate company. These are s...

Before we begin talking about real estate investing or 401K investing, I have a disclaimer: I am not an accountant, or SEC-licensed. However, I am a licensed real estate broker in Utah. Over the last 13 or 14 years, I have bought and sold a lot of properties, and managed a lot of income properties for investors. So, my experience in that ...

There’s a difference between single family and multi-family property, and today we’re talking about how these homes can affect your investment strategy. This is an overview of the differences between the two, and some considerations you might have when investing in one or the other. What’s a Single-Family Home?A single ...

We get asked about renter’s insurance all the time, and if you’ve seen our previous blog on this topic, you know that we believe strongly in the renter’s insurance requirement. It’s not expensive, and it protects the tenant’s interests. Today, we’re following up on the topic of insurance. What is Renter...

We have been talking about investing in real estate, and today I want to provide a Utah housing market update. I had an opportunity to attend the 2017 Market Forecast meeting for Salt Lake County, which is run every year by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. These events attract a lot of high profile speakers. We heard from the Director of ...

There are a lot of ways to make money in real estate. Today, we are following up on other topics we’ve talked about, specifically about real estate investing and making money. In real estate investing, the challenge that a lot of people run into is that it can take a while to earn any real money. If you really want to know how to ge...

When you’re making a decision to invest in real estate, you need to have a clear idea of what your investment objectives are. Obviously, there are different strategies to buying an investment property. You can work with multifamily homes, townhomes, condos, and single family dwellings. There’s a lot that goes into the decision...

Questions about property maintenance always come up when people are looking for professional management services in West and South Jordan, Utah. Today, we’re talking specifically about in-house maintenance and outsourced maintenance. There is an ongoing debate among property management companies about which is better.Maintenance Cha...