News from Green Residential and around the world of Property Management and rental homes in Houston and Austin.
Managing a rental property means allowing other people, your tenants, to occupy your property in exchange for paying an agreed-upon monthly rental fee. This arrangement can be mutually beneficial, providing affordable housing to someone who needs it while simultaneously giving you an opportunity to generate profit. But this arrangement also presents some interesting complications. For
Selling a home seems easy, especially when the market is hot. However, there are a variety of factors that impact the entire process. For instance, an overvalued home won’t sell easily, and if there are too many problems, even a discount isn’t enough to make some buyers jump. If you’ve been struggling to sell your
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
Most landlords understand that they’re responsible for handling property repairs and maintenance. While the vast majority of requests your tenants make will be relatively easy and inexpensive to handle, some of them will be both expensive and urgent. These requests are considered to be an emergency, meaning you need to respond as quickly and efficiently
People often get their feet wet in real estate by investing in one or two single-family rental properties. Many of them soon discover that real estate investing is what they want to do full-time. So, they immediately start asking questions like: How can I quit my job and become a full-time landlord? Great question…glad you
One of the biggest headaches rental property owners face is tenant drama. Of course, many tenants take care of their units, respect the rights of other tenants, pay rent on time, and cause minimal issues. But some tenants are less than amicable and can raise the blood pressure of investment property owners – and that’s no