You are here: Home » Property Management

From the category archives:

Property Management

9 Fairly Obvious Ways to Prevent Year-End Real Estate Chaos

December 20, 2011 Property Management
Thumbnail image for 9 Fairly Obvious Ways to Prevent Year-End Real Estate Chaos

1. Visit your properties This is usually a no-brainer, but it’s easy to get into a groove where the cheques show up and you don’t get out to check on something that appears to be working fine. If nothing else, this is a great chance to drop off a Christmas card and gift (see #5 [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Edmonton Rental Market Survey – June/July 2011

July 26, 2011 Property Management
Thumbnail image for Edmonton Rental Market Survey – June/July 2011

Things have started moving a little more quickly in the Edmonton rental market this spring. Incentives have almost totally disappeared, and many Property Mangers and investors have said they’re starting to test the waters, moving rents up by $50-200/unit. Vacancy is down more, slightly below 4% according to Colliers, and things are (usually) renting quickly. [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Evicting Tenants in Alberta

February 14, 2011 Property Management

First, thanks to Chris for allowing me a guest post. I am a fellow Real Estate investor and spent seven years with REIN, so I really appreciate many of his insights in his posts. This particular post is actually in regards to a post by Brian Persaud quite a few months ago in regards to [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Edmonton Rental Market Report – Dec 2010

December 17, 2010 Property Management

Knowing what a potential revenue property will rent for is the most important and most difficult part of establishing a rental portfolio that has positive cash-flow and creates serious passive income. To help out my clients, readers and all you investors, I’ve teamed up with several investors, Realtors and property managers to come up with some ballpark [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Kicking Out Deadbeat Tenants

September 30, 2010 Property Management
Thumbnail image for Kicking Out Deadbeat Tenants

There comes a point in every landlord’s life where you have a tenant who: Doesn’t pay on time Damages their own unit Damages the common property Fights with other tenants Does something illegal on the property Threatens or attacks you Is paying old and very low rents Doesn’t play well with others Hasn’t paid in [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

Six Shockingly Simple Tips to Prevent Rental Fraud

August 25, 2010 Property Management
Thumbnail image for Six Shockingly Simple Tips to Prevent Rental Fraud

There’s a scam that comes around every few years. You put an ad up for one of your units. Someone copies it, drops the price and ends up suckering someone out of a damage deposit or a month’s rent and running away. It’s the oldest trick in the book – sell something you don’t own. [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

10 Reasons Why Tenants Should Give You Nightmares

February 28, 2010 Property Management
Thumbnail image for 10 Reasons Why Tenants Should Give You Nightmares

There’s something that you start to learn after 15 years of property management and thousands of tenants. There’s nothing that will surprise or disgust you anymore. I don’t claim to have seen it all, but I’ve seen enough. The Giant TV of Doom – They’ll  bounce the rent cheques, struggle to have any sort of [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries