by RL Property Management | Nov 6, 2019 | Property Management Education, Tenant Screening
As a property owner, one of the concerns that you face is handing over the responsibility to your property manager to find a tenant that you will never meet. At RL, our leasing department has a fine-tuned process to finding a qualified tenant for your property....
by RL Property Management | Nov 5, 2019 | Property Management Education
Passive income. That’s the dream from the beginning – Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Tim Ferris’ The 4-Hour Work Week – what we all learned from these books was to let the asset do the work for you! You make money while you sleep, right?
by RL Property Management | Sep 20, 2019 | Fair Housing, Owner Education, Property Maintenance, Property Management Education, Rent Collection, Uncategorized
All of these assumptions are wrong. They won’t declare bankruptcy while living at the property And if they do, you can evict them They won’t make partial payments They won’t make partial online payments They understand your late fee policy They will pay the water...
by RL Property Management | Sep 20, 2019 | Fair Housing, Owner Education, Property Maintenance, Property Management Education, Rent Collection, Uncategorized
We once had a fellow real estate investor ask: “I have a crack going horizontally straight across the basement wall at one of my properties. I am assuming it is a result of hydro-static pressure. I have had the drains snaked and the tenant does a decent job of keeping...
by RL Property Management | Aug 14, 2019 | Fair Housing, Owner Education, Property Maintenance, Property Management Education, Rent Collection, Uncategorized
Originally published August 2019. Updated April 2026 with current Columbus data, 2026 tax rules, and refreshed analysis. Selling a rental property feels like unlocking value. Sometimes it is. More often, it quietly erases years of compounding returns and hands a...
by RL Property Management | Aug 14, 2019 | Fair Housing, Owner Education, Property Maintenance, Property Management Education, Rent Collection
There is A LOT to know when being a landlord. The RL Property Management team has several decades worth of “landlording” experience in-house. In most situations, we know the “best practice” approach, mostly due to training but also learned from mistakes made in the...