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If you’re managing an apartment building or group of properties, what can you do as a property manager to foster community between tenants? While some property managers don’t see this as their place, viewing it as meddling or overreaching, creating a spirit of neighborliness has advantages for everyone. A strong community can greatly increase tenant

Katy, Texas is a bustling, small city rooted in a history of rice farming. It now features a lot of modern development, including the headquarters of Academy Sports and Outdoors and Igloo Corporation. Of course, industry growth also means that many workers and their families are relocating to the area and need places to live,

Landlord-to-tenant relationships can be challenging, to say the least. On either side of the equation, the dynamics can be hard to gauge. What does a landlord do to keep the relationship with the tenants professional but not be domineering? And what can a tenant (or prospective tenant) do to charm the landlord into renting out

Selling your home isn’t something that should be taken lightly. Whether you’ve owned the home for a few months and it simply hasn’t lived up to your expectations, or you’ve been in the home for 20 or 30 years, the decision to sell is a serious one. The last thing you want is to end

First-time real estate investors often choose landlording as their go-to strategy or specialty – and rightly so. Owning rental properties is an excellent way to build a diverse portfolio while simultaneously producing some steady monthly cash flow. However, it should also be noted that landlording isn’t for the faint of heart. If you’re new to

If you spend any time reading the news, then you know that the market has finally recovered from the crash of 2008. Though no one wants to get their hopes up, forecasts for the rest of 2016 are positive, and investors are excited about the prospects of great returns in the housing market.