by Jock McNeill | Apr 6, 2015 | Property Management
Owning a rental property can be an excellent business opportunity for many property owners, including homeowners who choose to rent out a unit in their home, or the entire home if they’re living elsewhere. In a hot rental market, it’s likely that a unit will be in...
by Jock McNeill | Mar 26, 2015 | Home Rentals, Millennials, Property Management
The rental market is still a hot commodity for Millennials, and that doesn’t appear to be changing any time soon. Young people aged 18-34 are continuing to choose renting in favor of home ownership – the numbers have been steadily increasing since 2006. There...
by Jock McNeill | Mar 19, 2015 | Insurance, Maintenance, Property Management
These days, more and more landlords are requiring their tenants to have renters’ insurance, and for good reason. This type of insurance is beneficial to both the tenant and the landlord, though it may be a little difficult for the tenant to understand how when they’re...
by Jock McNeill | Mar 13, 2015 | Home Rentals, Property Management
You might have heard that submetering can have a number of benefits for your rental property, but you don’t know much about it. What exactly is submetering? Submetering involves the installation of individual metering devices in order to monitor the use of certain...
by Jock McNeill | Oct 16, 2014 | Property Management
If you’ve never considered month to month rent for your tenants, you may want to think about it. It may seem like a risk, but for certain situations, it can be incredibly beneficial. While a typical six or twelve-month lease gives you the sense of security that you’ll...
by Jock McNeill | Oct 9, 2014 | Maintenance, Property Management
No one ever wants to get a late-night call that a tenant’s water heater is flooding the unit below, but it happens. How should you handle it? As the landlord, what are you expected to do? If you own property that houses tenants, you are inevitably going to have to...