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It’s easy to underestimate the value that communication brings to the landlord-tenant relationship. That’s because most landlords and property managers are focused on bottom-line numbers; they want to make sure tenants are paying their rent and that their property expenses are covered, with all other priorities being secondary. And true, better communication habits don’t have

Increasingly, homeowners and property managers are turning to smart home technology to make home living easier, more efficient, and in some ways, more entertaining. Many of us now have access to at least a handful of smart home devices, such as smart thermostats that allow us to program our home temperature remotely, or smart garage

Your investment income comes from rent money you collect from your tenants. Until your mortgage is paid off, you aren’t technically making a profit. However, rent money is still monthly income you can spend on bills like your mortgage, insurance policies, property taxes, repairs, and renovations. If the COVID-19 pandemic is preventing you from getting

Worst-case scenarios are an unfortunate, if hopefully occasional, reality if you’re a landlord. It’s not unreasonable to accept that you might face one of the following challenges at some point in your career as an investor. You’d be smart to prepare for the worst but expect the best. If you end facing any of the

Most landlords and property managers in San Antonio know it can be a challenge to locate tenants who pay on time and take care of the premises. So one of your priorities should be to keep your current paying tenants as happy as possible. One of the most effective ways to hold onto good tenants

If you’re a landlord in San Antonio and want to find the best tenants, you almost certainly employ a tenant screening process. The idea is to land the best tenants for that San Antonio apartment building, but the process can be unnecessarily challenging if you accept some of the persistent tenant screening myths we regularly