All Our Articles For Landlords
Advice On Selling Your Rental Property
You’ve decided it’s time to sell your rental property. Learn how to break the news to your tenants with tips on encouraging them to move before you list.
Hiring A Property Manager
One of the biggest decisions you will make as a landlord is whether you should hire a property management company.
Best Renovation Tips For Rental Properties
Whether you’re renovating your rental property to get a higher rent, or your property is in dire need of repair, here are some tips on what type of flooring, paint and appliances to use.
#1 Way To Screen Tenants That Will Make Your Life Easier
Do endless phone calls and messages asking is this still available drive you crazy? Learn what two sentences you can add to your rental ads to make pre-screening tenants so much simpler.
5 Best Techniques To Investigate Prospective Tenants
A savvy landlord needs to play the role of a private investigator to determine who will make a successful tenant. Learn about what sleuth work you should be doing for every applicant.
The Art of Dealing With Demanding Tenants
Landlords should be aware that being able to say “no” to tenants is really important to running a business. Here are some tips to help you.
3 Reasons To Be Pet-Friendly
You hear all about the problems animals cause for landlords, but you may not be as familiar with the benefits of allowing your tenants to have pets.
5 Things Tenants (Almost) Never Clean
One of the most frustrating things about managing properties is the move-out inspection. Learn about the 5 things you should always check and your options if the cleaning does not meet your approval.
9 Sure-Fire Ways To Avoid Bad Tenants
Selecting a good tenant is crucial to the success of your real estate rental business. Learn how to avoid nightmare renters.
9 Important Rental Reference Questions You Should Be Asking
Finding the perfect tenant for your rental property requires due diligence and patience. Taking the time to ensure your renter is responsible may save you the hassle of eviction and expensive repairs down the road.
Raising The Rent And Keeping Your Tenant Happy (Sample Letter to Tenant)
Rent increases are an important part of managing your residential real estate. After all, the costs associated with having a rental property such as property
6 Mistakes Landlords Make And How To Avoid Them
Whether you are a new or veteran landlord, here are six of the most common mistakes that landlords make. Be sure to avoid these mistakes that can eat into your time and profits.
Rental Terms You Don’t Want To Miss (With Examples)
An addendum is a critical piece of your rental agreement and can mean the difference between a stressful tenant dispute and peace of mind. Here are the terms you should be including in your addendum.
5 Tips To Write A Killer Rental Ad (SAMPLES)
Follow these five recommendations to create a killer advertisement that will get at least 200% more attention than a regular-worded ad. Samples included!
Christmas Gift Ideas For Tenants
If you’ve ever had bad tenants, you know that great tenants are priceless. So why not reward them! Here are some seriously awesome gift ideas and tenant thank you greeting samples for Christmas or whenever you want to show you care.
Are You Cut Out To Be A Landlord?
Investing in rental properties is not a passive investment. Ask yourself these 3 questions to see if you’re up to the challenge of being a landlord.
10 Key Rules On Damage Deposits
Get the rules in BC about security deposits and pet damage deposits at the start and the end of a rental term, and find out if you should be getting interest on the return of your damage deposit.