Property Management Blog

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...

People who are looking for professional management services call me with questions a lot, and today I’m taking some time to answer a few of the most frequently asked questions. Property Management FAQ: Are you an independent company or part of a national chain?Our company is independently owned, and we belong to the National Associ...

Congratulations, you just bought an investment property. You may be wondering what you do now. We’re talking about what you need to know if you’re new to rental property investing.  Do Your Due DiligenceYou’ll have 30 or 40 days between your contract and your closing date. You need to take care of all your due dilig...

The importance of technology in property management cannot be overstated. In today’s day and age, technology makes it a lot easier to communicate and to handle day to day functions. Don’t misunderstand: I’m not saying we don’t need to communicate with people on an interpersonal level. We still need to meet each oth...

Often, there is a tension between a landlord or a property manager and a tenant, and that’s usually due to a lack of communication. The tenants often feel like if they communicate that something is wrong or their rent is going to be late, or they are having personal challenges, they’ll be charged additional fees. On the revers...

We are asked by landlords nearly every day how much to charge for rent. They want to know how much money they can get from their rental property, so today we’re talking about how to set that price and how to advertise your home.  How Much Can You Rent a House For? Data and Statistics  In a real estate transaction, when yo...

On our previous blog about tenant screening, we discussed the importance of screening tenants, setting rental criteria so you can protect yourself from discrimination lawsuits, and the federal fair housing guidelines. We talked about everything that the law said we need to be doing. There’s more to screening than just following the ...