When Should You Treat a Tenant Repair Request as an Emergency?
Most landlords understand that they’re responsible for handling property repairs and maintenance. While the vast majority of requests your tenants make will…
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Maintenance You Need to Perform on Your Investment Property
Did you know that the median price for a single-family home in Texas was $357,388 in the second quarter of 2022? According to the Texas Quarterly Housing Report, that tally is up 19.1% versus the comparable period a year ago. The same report notes that almost half of the 108,390 homes sold in Texas in… [Read More]
How to Winterize Your Rental Property
Your rental property is an income provider in your family. And if you want it to continue producing income for your family for years to come, you have to protect it. There are dozens of ways to do this, but don’t underestimate the importance of winterization each year. Properly winterizing your properties year after year… [Read More]
How to Handle Pests in a Texas Rental Property
Nobody likes the idea of dealing with pests, whether you’re tolerating them in your own home or are dealing with an outbreak in one of your rental properties. Some bugs are totally unavoidable; it’s almost impossible to have a house that’s completely free of flies and other insects. But what steps can you take to… [Read More]
Living in a Construction Zone: 6 Tips for Remodeling
When it comes to achieving the dream “look” or functionality that you want in a house, you have a couple of options. You can sell your home and buy another one, or you can invest that money into renovating your existing home and molding it into precisely what you want. And in a competitive market… [Read More]
9 Essential Tenant Issues That Landlords Often Face
According to a report by the Rental Housing Journal, Texas made the list as one of the top three most popular places to move in 2021. More than 500,000 people have resettled here since 2019, and the numbers continue to grow. If you’re a landlord, these numbers represent big promises for investment properties in the… [Read More]
Houston Home Improvement Projects for $1,000 or Less
If you’re a Houston homeowner, you’re probably looking for ways to increase the value of your home without emptying your accounts. A $25,000 kitchen remodel or $10,000 outdoor living addition will definitely move the needle, but they aren’t necessarily affordable. You don’t have to bust your budget, fortunately. Plenty of worthwhile home improvement projects are… [Read More]
How to Deal with Water Damage to Your Houston Rental Property
Water damage can be catastrophic to your rental property. Small water leaks can turn into major damage if they’re not handled immediately. Unfortunately, tenants don’t always report small leaks when they first happen. Sometimes they’re hard to spot, but other times, tenants are afraid of getting in trouble when they’ve caused the problem. Are you… [Read More]
Turn Your Home Into a Rental Property With These 5 Tips
There are a plethora of reasons why someone may want to consider turning their home, which is their primary residence, into a rental property. Perhaps you are looking to make passive income or your home has been sitting on the market for longer than you anticipated. Regardless of what your reasoning may be, we have… [Read More]
8 Pros and Cons of Allowing Your Tenants to Perform Their Own Repairs in Austin, Texas
When you own a rental property in Austin, Texas, you can expect to perform maintenance and repairs on a regular basis. Appliances break down, shingles need to be replaced, and sometimes pipes burst. Unless you have a property manager, being a landlord isn’t a hands-free gig. To help offset all of your time, you might… [Read More]
How to Find (and Emphasize) Whatever Makes Your Houston, Texas Home Unique
How many homes do you think are in Houston? According to the Census Bureau, there were 858,374 households as of 2019. That number has likely risen since then. Putting aside semantic debates about what qualifies as a “household,” that’s nearly a million homes all in the same city, many of which were built around the… [Read More]
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10 Home Insurance Tips to Help You Save Money With Greater Protection
Whether you’re buying a home for your family for the first time or you’re adding a 10th property to your rental real…