How to Get the Most Benefits from Renters Insurance
TL;DR • Requiring renters insurance in a lease protects a landlord from a tenant’s loss or negligence turning into the landlord’s financial problem.• TenantCloud’s insurance partners let tenants buy coverage right through the platform, making the requirement easy to enforce and verify.• See how renters insurance requirements work and what’s actually legal to mandate. Renters […]
An Owner’s Portal and Why it’s needed!
TL;DR • An owner portal gives property owners a dedicated view into performance, financials, and maintenance without needing to be looped into every detail.• TenantCloud’s version lets managers share reports transparently, which builds trust and cuts down on manual reporting back and forth.• See what an owner portal actually does and how to set one […]
Married Couples Looking for Roommates. Weird? Not At All
If you are married but have never had a roommate, you have not missed your chance. Due to current socioeconomic trends, these days married couples are looking for roommates to share a household and cut rental costs. The reasons for such a decision – which might at first seem like a desperate act – are not connected only to a lack of financial resources, but also to one’s personal attitude toward adulthood.
5 Tips for Newbie Landlords: How to Rent out Your First Property like a Pro
If you are a newbie in the property management business and are preparing to rent out your first property, you are probably wondering where to start. Should I look for tenants first, or is it more important to compare rental prices?
Winter Yard Maintenance: Top 3 Things on Landlord’s List
If you live in the northern half of the United States, it is likely that your current landscaping situation resembles the north pole. However, for those of you in warmer climates, winter is the perfect time to get your rental looking sharp with some landscape maintenance.
The Tax Implications of Becoming a Landlord: Is It Worth the Deal?
Real estate rental investments can yield a high return on investment (ROI), which is why many people look to it as a viable alternative investment. When the right factors converge, like a hot rental market, a good property purchase, landlord business savvy, rentals can be lucrative.
Five Tips on How to Deal with Difficult Tenants
If you have no clue how to describe a problem tenant, you’re a lucky landlord. Dealing with difficult renters can be a landlord’s worst nightmare. Bad tenants have been known to do everything from refusing to pay rent on time, damaging appliances and furniture or even conducting criminal activity in the rental. If all these behaviors belong to one and the same tenant, that’s a disaster. But if a tenant was late with the rent one time, it doesn’t automatically mean they’re a terrible renter. Don’t jump the gun. Instead, carefully analyze the circumstances first.
Can a Landlord Enforce Gun Control?
Gun control is a hot topic and has been for years. The Second Amendment has sparked heated debate on both sides of the issue, the focus usually being what the government will restrict or permit. But what gets left out of the conversation is what private citizens can impose on each other (the Second Amendment is between the government and citizens, not citizen to citizen). In the rental world, the question is can a landlord place limitations on their private property, or does a tenant have the right to bear arms within their rented home?
“No Washing Machine” Policy: Is It Still an Issue?
These days we can hardly imagine our lives without useful appliances that improve our daily routine. You’ll probably agree that home appliances like air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, refrigerators, washing machines, etc. make life easier. Landlords aim to add as many helpful items as possible to increase their rental price, but this doesn’t always refer to washing machines, as there seem to be way too many issues with these devices.
How Technology Like Blockchain Modifies Property Management
Whether you’re a property manager or a landlord, there’s a good chance you follow current tech trends in the property management industry as well as the global financial sector. Innovative technologies like blockchain as well as cloud-based solutions have opened up new paths related to the development of property management.