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“Tenants are using new technology to pay their rent more than ever before” When it comes to the payment the rent, tenants now have several options to pay their rent. Whether they choose to pay with cash, electronically, or by paper check, the most important thing

[AOA’s Note:  As you are reading this, the government shutdown has probably come and gone, but the truth expressed is still valid!] Civil disobedience could be a dangerous thing.  In fact, it might

A leading marketing research firm exclusively serving the multifamily industry, J Turner Research, recently announced a ranking of the top 10 apartment resident complaint

How do you, as a property manager, respond when a potential applicant asks you for information about the racial, ethnic, religious or family composition of an available unit, neighborhood or

Hello everybody.  My discussion this month addresses the issue of whether a residential landlord can hold weekend Open Houses on property occupied by an existing tenant. When a renter gives

While searching unique perspectives on move-ins and move-outs in the property management world, I kept attempting to resort to a metaphor.  Then I came across the origin of the word metaphor itself, which

Efforts to increase taxes on business property put homeowners in peril; here’s why. Sacramento can never get enough tax money to satisfy the political class. AlthoughCalifornia has the highest state sales tax, highest marginal income

Despite headline news speaking to the adverse consequences of the U.S. government shutdown, the first in seventeen years, the rental market seems insulated from possible demise.  With all arrows pointing to rent decline, such as rents set so high as to price out the working class citizen – the majority of residents seeking housing require…

Every landlord would like to lower the turnover in their properties. It’s costly to attract and retain good tenants, not to mention the costs you incur when they move out and you have to turn a

Many different variables drive the demand for apartment housing. Tenants consider location, tax policy, employment, tenant age, location of family members, availability of healthcare and