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How to Get Your Property Rent Ready
When you’re renting out a property for the first time, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the number of details that require your attention before you even list the home and start looking for tenants. If this is a home you have been living in yourself, you have to detach...
Best Practices for Completing Tenant Maintenance Requests
Maintenance responses drive tenant retention and satisfaction. When landlords are quick to respond to the needs of their tenants, those tenants are more likely to renew lease agreements, pay rent on time, and be easy to work with throughout the tenancy. When landlords...
Questions to Ask Before You Hire a Contractor
You might have noticed that paying for maintenance, rehabs, or even small renovation projects has become more expensive. With prices for materials, supplies, and labor pushing higher and higher, you need to be strategic and careful when you’re completing work on your...
A Landlord’s Guide to Tenant Screening
How comfortable are you screening your tenants? This can be a difficult process for landlords who are looking for tenants on their own. You may not know how to access important information such as credit reports and eviction histories. That doesn’t mean you should...
How to Handle Security Deposit Returns
Collecting a security deposit from your tenant is fairly easy. You need to observe the limits that California law places on the amount you can collect (two times the monthly rent in most cases), otherwise you simply deposit it in an account where it won’t mingle with...
Are You Ready to Become a Landlord?
Are you thinking about renting out a property in San Jose or anywhere else in Santa Clara County? For most property owners, that’s a good decision. Renting out a home can be an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to earn some consistent rental income while...
