News from Green Residential and around the world of Property Management and rental homes in Houston and Austin.
Rehabbing a rental property – whether it’s one you’ve owned for years or one you’re about to purchase – can be a great way to improve the property, increase rent, and improve the long-term value. However, the process can be long and frustrating if you don’t have a plan for finding the right contractors and managing
Properties eventually need maintenance and repairs, no matter how well the property is built or how effectively it’s being cared for. As a landlord, you will be responsible for taking in repair requests and issuing repairs regularly, but it’s important to approach this with the right mindset and the right strategies. Responsible rental property repair
In urban areas around the country, people are struggling to afford housing. The cost of purchasing a new house is so high that it’s unreasonable for many workers to even consider it as an option. At the same time, monthly rent is increasing at an unprecedented rate, making it harder and harder for people to
Did you know that between 2000 and 2018, the average number of eviction cases filed by U.S. landlords was 3.6 million? That means 7% of all renting households faced eviction legal action, and eviction filings nationwide climbed 21.5% during the aforementioned time frame. What does that mean for you as a rental property owner? It
Are you a new rental property owner, or have you added to your portfolio of investment properties? One of the best decisions you can make is to hire a property manager to help you make the most of your investment. For a relatively small percentage of the monthly rental income, a property management firm can
From the outside looking in, being a landlord is easy-breezy. You buy a property, find a tenant, charge a bunch of rent, use that money to pay your mortgage, and pocket the rest. Then do it over again…rinse and repeat in perpetuity. But as anyone on this side of the equation knows, it’s not that