Palm Coast Property Management Blog

As a real estate investor, you carry out rehab in most of the properties you purchase. It is a difficult and costly process that is different with different real estate properties. However, one thing that makes these rehabs desirable is the fact that they add value to a property. But you should not be concerned only with this aspect of r...

As a real estate investor, you can hope to make lots of money. But what matters is not your income but how much you can retain by the IRS.  Apart from taxman, others looking at your money are the contractors, your tenants, and the stores form where you buy your supplies from. You must work hard to keep the money you earn in your poc...

A landlord needs a set of rules just as a bank, a hospital, or a school has certain rules and regulations to be followed by everyone. House rules in a rental property apply to all the tenants and they are expected to abide by these rules. Talking of rules, even small kids know they must follow certain rules and regulations made by their ...

Internet has made the work of real estate investors very easy. However, web is also a place where lots of scams continue to take place. One interesting method used by scammers to dupe people is to take photos of properties form internet and use them to attract potential renters. They describe the property in an alluring manner and then l...

One of the most contentious issues between tenants and landlords is the damage caused to the rental property. Every landlord has a desire to see his property in top condition all the time. They deduct money from the security deposit of a tenant if they has caused any harm to their rental property. But is this damage genuine or caused by ...

If there is one thing that landlords dread the most, it is bad quality tenants in rental property. Therefore, all landlords pay great attention to tenant screening and begin the process soon after receiving an application. It is this tenant screening that saves landlords from the blushes and the financial harm caused by bad quality tenan...

You carry certain expectations when you attend your college on the first day. You later reset your expectations based upon what you see and experience in the classroom and other places in the premises. Your teachers play an important role in resetting your expectations. The same is the case with tenants. They move into your property carr...

Being a landlord is not an easy task. To an outsider, landlords are a happy lot as they are getting passive income from their properties without doing anything. What these people do not know is that a landlord must perform many roles and responsibilities to earn income through his property. It is only when these people get a chance to se...

There are lots of articles in magazines and realty websites saying incorrect things about the role of a real estate investor. Builders, developers, and landlords are often ridiculed for their focus upon profits. One also sees demands from certain sections of the society for regulation of activities of these individuals. There is a mispla...

Tenants have certain expectations from their landlords regarding repairs in their units. But there is a clear difference between usual repairs and emergency situations. As a landlord, you need to react to emergency situations almost instantly whereas you can take up normal repairs as a part of your routine repairs exercise. It seems red...