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Landlords often want to know what it really costs to have somebody professionally manage their properties. In a previous blog, we discussed the two major types of fees involved in property management. Those are the lease up fee, which is typically either a flat fee or...

Today, everybody is using Craigslist to advertise their properties. Lots of people are going online to list and access rentals. The days of advertising in the local newspaper seem to be over. People are starting their rental search online, and the first place most...

Sometimes, in spite of your best efforts, you may wind up in a situation where you have to evict a tenant. Today we are going to talk about what to do if you are faced with that situation, and whether there might be a way out. When a tenant stops paying rent, you need...

We are talking today about the importance of setting a pet policy for your rental property. At Real Estate Eight Three One, we work with a lot of landlords who do allow pets because they are pet lovers themselves and they want to attract a broader pool of potential...

Our topic today is the fees and services that you can typically expect to hear a property manager talk about when you are interviewing him or her. There are two kinds of fees that are the most common when it comes to property management and those are the lease up fee...

Usually, when landlords come to us and ask us to find them a tenant, what they really want to ask us is to find them a good tenant. The best way to do that is through our advertising and our tenant screening process. We have a very large advertising network, and we...

Today I want to talk to you about how you should set a price for your rental property. It’s an easy thing for us at Real Estate Eight Three One to do because we do it every day, so we have a good pulse on the rental market. When we are advising owners what to charge...