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The 5 best rental markets in Florida for investors & property managers in 2025

Buildium

Extreme weather events: Floridas vulnerability to hurricanes and rising sea levels has raised insurance premiums and made it more difficult to find an insurance provider within the state. Like Tampa, Orlando didnt make our short list this year, partially due to its negative rent growth in 2024. Multifamily Cap Rate (Q2-24): 6.7%

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Why Pet-Inclusive Housing is a Win-Win for Everyone

Rental Housing Journal

Will allowing all dog breeds affect our liability insurance? Many property insurance policies do not impose breed restrictions. If your current provider does, there are alternative insurers without such limitations. What if other residents dont support pet-inclusive policies?

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The 5 best rental markets in Illinois for investors & property managers in 2025

Buildium

Insurance company State Farm has been based in Bloomington for more than a century, and it remains the city’s top employer to this day, followed by fellow insurance company Country Financial. Louis, and is considered a transportation hub within central Illinois due to the number of interstates that pass through the area.

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The 5 best rental markets in North Carolina for investors & property managers in 2025

Buildium

In the years following World War II, Charlotte’s economy diversified beyond textiles, capitalizing on its central location and transportation infrastructure to attract banking, insurance, and energy companies. Asking Rent (Q3-’24): $1,233 Effective Rent (Q3-’24): $1,220 Multifamily Vacancy Rate (Q3-’24): 8.4% Multifamily Cap Rate (Q3-’24): 6.2%

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Property managers’ revenue may be growing more than they think [The Lookout]

Buildium

Even as the pace of inflation has slowed down, expenses like labor, materials, and insurance remain higher than they once were. In 2024, we can see that more companies reported equivalent or greater revenue growth than they did in any year between 2017 and 2022. Which costs are hurting companies the most?

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Can You Deduct Your Own Labor on a Rental Property, Answered

Bay Property Management Group

And heres a bonus the IRS mileage rate for business use was 67 cents per mile in 2024 and went up to 70 cents per mile in 2025. Insurance Premiums Any money you spend on insurance for your rental property can be deducted from your taxable income. Because of that, you can save on these services’ taxes.

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Mortgage Rates in 2025: Will Mortgage Rates Go Down?

Bay Property Management Group

Main Takeaways Mortgage rates have been steadily declining in early 2025, with 30-year rates reaching 6.52%, the lowest since mid-October 2024. the lowest level since mid-October 2024. Even though they’re higher than their lowest point in September 2024 (4.97%), they are still far below the peak of 7.08% we saw in late 2023.