Palm Coast Property Management Blog

If you are a landlord, you know that you cannot escape negotiations. You find yourself negotiating with not just tenants but also vendors, contractors, lenders, and even tax authorities.  In fact, you cannot become a successful landlord if you are not a good negotiator. However, there Is no need to worry as negotiation is an art tha...

Being a landlord is not an easy job. It becomes even more difficult when you are just starting out because of your inexperience. If you are buying a rental income property, it is important to learn from the experience of others. We have compiled a guide based upon 8 principles that will help you in becoming a successful landlord. Create...

Every investor understands the importance of HVAC, roofing, and plumbing fixtures during a rehab. These three components help in estimating the cost of rehab a rental property quickly. There are 4 more components of a rehab that decide the complexity as well as the cost of the project. These rehab components are flooring, kitchen, bathro...

As a landlord, there are times and tenants when you feel enough is enough and wish they left your rental property at any cost. There are all sorts of tenants form those who are wilful defaulters and those who are complaining and whining all the time. But there are also times when you want some tenants to move out of your property because...

There has been a lot of talk about rent control lately. It is being seen by tenants as a law to check the high handedness of landlords. Let us see what rent control is and what it means to landlords. Rent control is method to control the rent increase seen across the country. By introducing rent control, government aims to put a ce...

Most landlords never bother to check out the activities of their applicants on various social media platforms. But this is a mistake as they can get to know many things about applicants that they themselves never reveal. You should make it a habit of taking a glance at their activities on social media as it takes just a little time ...

As a newbie real estate investor, the toughest thing for you is to strike the first deal. Challenge for you when you are an experienced investor is to try your hands at new things. Why is it so difficult to close the first deal or chart a path not trodden before for an investor? Let us find out. It is the brain that works in peculiar wa...

It is a tough job being a landlord. One must be ready to wear different hats according to the situation to be successful in this business. At times you act like an accountant and like a contractor at other times. However, it is common to see many landlords failing miserably despite their best efforts. It is common to refer to them as bad...

There are some guidelines issued by HUD to landlords recently that have created unrest among them. This unrest is because of the misconception that HUD had asked landlords to not discriminate based on criminal records of some of the applicants. Many landlords are asking how they can allow rental applicants having convictions in cases of ...

Getting rental property destroyed because of a fire can be a nightmare for any real estate investor. If you have a fire in your rental property, your first task is to try and put it off to minimize the damage to your property. You also need to take care of your tenants. After that you need to file an insurance claim to receive compe...