Bay Property Management Group

MARCH 3, 2025

While its not legally required, many experienced and tenant-focused property management companies in Philadelphia may require it for their rentals. That’s for the landlord to worry about. Personal Property Coverage This insures your belongings, ranging from clothes, furniture, electronics, and other valuables in your rental.

Insurance

Buildium

APRIL 23, 2025

As a residential property manager, one of your most important responsibilities is selecting tenants who will pay rent on time and care for your property. It helps reduce risks, keeps you compliant with laws, and helps you find high-quality tenants who fit your properties. Thats where a well-organized application process comes in.

Applications

Buildium

MAY 29, 2025

Property management keeps evolving fast, driven by innovative proptech companies delivering new tools that save time, reduce headaches, and improve tenant experiences. This post highlights some of the best proptech companies in 2025, across leasing, bookkeeping, maintenance, tenant screening, payments, and more.

Property Management

Buildium

MARCH 25, 2025

The two 10% tariffs imposed on February 3 and March 3 are in addition to tariffs of 10 to 25% that President Trump imposed during his first term on items such as electronics. For example, WSJ explains, landlords may raise rents in anticipation of increased costs. potentially boosting local economies and creating jobs.

Real Estate

Bay Property Management Group

JUNE 16, 2025

Landlord responsibilities – If dust issues stem from poor HVAC maintenance or insulation problems, tenants can request repairs or upgrades to ensure better air quality. When tenants spot layers of dust building up, they’re often unsure if it’s a bigger issue—or just a sign that the place needs a deep clean. BMG Can Help!

Apartment

Bay Property Management Group

JULY 23, 2025

Read on to see what utility costs you could encounter and how you be able to might lower them as a tenant. In simple terms, what ‘utilities included’ means is that your landlord covers the cost of specific household bills as part of your monthly rent. This is slightly lower than the national average, which is $524.

Utilities

Rental Choice

OCTOBER 22, 2024

What other rent payment methods should landlords consider? Offering various landlord rent payment methods provides many benefits for both the landlord and tenant. Other rent payment methods are more convenient than cash because tenants do not need to visit the landlord regularly to make payments.

Landlord

Buildium

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fact #3: Tenant Quality Is Property Managers’ Top Concern Finding financially stable tenants is getting harder as rent growth outpaces wages, causing property management companies to prioritize tenant screening. In 2024, tenant quality emerged as the #1 concern for property management companies.

Property Management

Real Property Management Chicago

JUNE 24, 2022

In that case, you have to find tenants, keep track of payments and repairs, and manage all the other aspects of owning and managing rental property. It includes everything from online tools for finding and managing tenants to apps for tracking payments and repairs to virtual reality tools for viewing properties. What is proptech?

Rental Property

Real Property Management Choice

JULY 21, 2015

Backyard Plants According to AB2561, landlords are required to permit a tenant to do “personal agriculture” in their outdoor backyard using portable containers you have approved. Tenants are only allowed to do ground level planting for fruits and vegetables and strictly NO marijuana is allowed for personal use.

Landlord

Florida Property Management

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Water damage is a common and potentially costly issue that tenants and renters need to be proactive about preventing in their rental properties. In this blog, we'll explore practical tips and strategies to help tenants safeguard their homes from the damaging effects of water. Be proactive during extreme weather conditions.

Tenant

Florida Property Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Sometimes, tenant complaints are annoying, but there are also times in which what they’re saying is valid and worthy of an apology and a commitment to making things right. Tenant complaints always require a professional response, no matter how petty or irritating you may find them. This is a terrible way to lose a good tenant.

Tenant

Young Management

AUGUST 6, 2024

You can start by exhibiting a professional attitude which can win top-tier tenants. Apart from the landlord weighing candidates during tenant screening based on how they present themselves, this is also the case for the renters. Allow residents to pay in person and through electronic means.

Rental Property

Real Property Management Choice

MARCH 28, 2024

Good tenant screening is the most important part of protecting your investment property. Most landlords will glance at a credit report, but you have to do a little more digging. You cannot be accused of screening two tenants in different ways. This criteria would stop the most unqualified tenants at the door.

Tenant

MRI Software

AUGUST 2, 2024

Setting up an apartment complex recycling program is the first step; next, you need to educate your tenants. Educating tenants is crucial because it ensures everyone knows how to recycle correctly, reduces contamination of recycling bins, and promotes a sustainable community.

Education

MRI Software

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Landlord residential insurance is your first line of defense against risks like tenant damage, property loss, and legal liabilities. In this guide, well break down everything you need to know about landlord insurance. What is landlord residential insurance? Why is it important to have landlord insurance?

Residential Property

Florida Property Management

AUGUST 2, 2019

With approaching, it’s important that landlords are prepared for a storm and understand what to do in case an evacuation is ordered. Preparing Your Property and Your Tenants A proactive landlord can help tenants to prepare for hurricane season by sending out an email or newsletter with hurricane protection reminders.

Rental Property

Authority Property Management

AUGUST 13, 2015

Many tenants ask if Renters Insurance is necessary? However, when you consider all of your furniture, electronics, clothing, appliances, and jewelry, as well as any art, books, or musical instruments you own, many renters underestimate their belongings value. Renters Insurance is it worth the expense? If it is worth the money?

Insurance

Florida Property Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Working with a professional Weston property management company makes sense for a lot of reasons, but it’s especially vital when you’re a new landlord or renting out a property for the first time. A professional property manager understands the local market and the requirements of well-qualified tenants.

Property Management

Real Property Management Choice

DECEMBER 1, 2021

While a landlord is responsible for big-ticket maintenance like HVAC repairs, leaks, plumbing line bursts, electrical and structural maintenance, a tenant’s responsibilities include menial, day-to-day things and upkeep like keeping the area trash-free and clean and performing other regular cleaning and maintenance activities.

Maintenance

Muldoon Associates

APRIL 11, 2024

From property damages to liability claims, landlords need to protect their tenants and their investments. If you’re renting out a property that was once your primary residence, you’ll need to switch your homeowner insurance policy to a landlord insurance policy. No one spends their time planning for disasters.

Insurance

Real Property Management Choice

DECEMBER 26, 2024

If a tenant or their guest is injured at your property, you could be held liable. Well talk about insuring your property, protecting yourself against liability and loss of rent, and requiring renters insurance so your tenants are as protected as your investment. Comprehensive insurance is a good business decision.

Insurance

MRI Software

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

For property landlords and managers, these systems are a game-changer. They provide the insights your tenants need to thrive, increasing the value and appeal of your retail spaces. For property managers, these insights can help ensure tenants maximize the potential of their space.

Retail

MRI Software

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Renters insurance, also known as tenants insurance, is an insurance policy designed for individuals in a rented home, apartment, or multifamily property unit. For tenants, renters insurance is a vital tool to protect their belongings and financial well-being. This includes furniture, electronics, clothing, and other belongings.

Insurance

MRI Software

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Get a software demo Online rent payment software Make rent payments painless by letting residents pay their way Request Demo Online rent payment platforms offer convenience, security, and additional benefits both for property managers and tenants. Modern tenants seek convenience and instant solutions, which online payments readily provide.

Rent

MRI Software

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When a living space is shared by multiple tenants, a common question arises: does each roommate need renters insurance, or can they share a policy? If your landlord or property manager offers a resident insurance program, you can reach out to them on the multifamily property software for guidance on this process.

Insurance

Real Property Management California Coast

OCTOBER 18, 2022

But just because you’re a tenant doesn’t mean you can’t save energy in your rental. What this means is that when electronics such as toasters, televisions, and desktop computers are plugged in but not in use, they slowly consume power over time. Six ways to reduce energy usage in your rental 1.

Apartment

Real Property Management Choice

JULY 4, 2024

The process of moving in and out of a rental property can be challenging for both tenants and landlords, but it doesn’t have to be. You know that the move-out process is just as important so you can quickly make repairs and renovations in order to get the property ready for your next tenant.

Property Management

Propertyware

JANUARY 6, 2022

Investment Services Where once many single-family rental owners may have been Accidental Landlords—landlords that have come to own their property unexpectedly, such as through inheritance—now many are looking at rentals as an investment business. Since 2018, the number of investors in our survey has increased from 67 to 71 percent.

Property Management Services

SparkRental

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Make all payments either electronically or via check. Being a landlord? Often, projects go over, which means longer vacancies for landlords. We compare the best purchase-rehab lenders and long-term landlord loans on LTV, interest rates, closing costs, income requirements and more. How about fix-and-flip loans ?

Contractors

Real Property Management Chicago

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Local tenant rights may also include safeguards against eviction in the event of severe conditions, access to habitability standards, and necessities for open communication between landlords and tenants. You can get more details about housing laws in your state electronically.

Compliance

Rental Choice

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Landlords typically receive several tenant applications for their rental properties. As you might expect, landlords cannot accept multiple applications for one unit. How can landlords decline a tenant according to the law? The criteria can also be used to justify a landlord’s choice of tenant.

Tenant