• Thu. Apr 25th, 2024

Avoid costly repairs with a rental property maintenance checklist

No landlord enjoys paying for maintenance. Repairs are the largest variable cost when operating rental properties. This is true for single-family homes or large apartment buildings. Some landlords might tend…

Landlord Responsibility for Tenant Safety: Cameras, Alarms and Solutions to Secure Your Rental In 2020

Do you have responsibility as a landlord for tenant safety and security on your rental property? In most states, a landlord bears some degree of responsibility for tenant safety. This…

Mortgage and Rental Income: How to Finance Rental Properties When You’re Self-Employed

Financing real estate investments can be tricky when you’re self-employed. Lenders look for consistent income, which is harder to show without a W-2. But getting a mortgage is very doable…

10 Ways to Start Flipping Houses With No Money Down

Cash is the most significant barrier to entry for most new real estate investors. Even when you borrow 80% of a home’s purchase price, that still leaves you coming up…

WTF Are NFTs, and How Are People Using Them in Real Estate?

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, haven’t been around too long, but they definitely shook up the collectibles market. For a little while, NFTs became the hottest niche in the blockchain space,…

Attracting Federal Investment to Multifamily Housing

Ravi Malhotra The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in 2021 and 2022, respectively, enable multifamily affordable housing (MFAH) properties to pursue high-impact upgrades…

Portland Rents See Smaller Decline In January

Portland rents saw a smaller decline in January, dropping a small 0.2%, after several months of larger declines, according to the February report by Apartment List. The overall median rent…

Salt Lake City Rents Up In January

The median rent in Salt Lake City rose by 0.9% over the course of January, according to the February report from Apartment List. While January saw an increase in rents,…

NAA Announces 2024 Diversity Leadership Program Candidates

The National Apartment Association (NAA) has selected the participants for the Diversity Leadership Program (DLP) Class of 2024. Founded in 2020, the DLP annually provides up to 15 individuals from…

Record 2024 Apartment Supply Coming, May Limit Rent Growth

There is a record amount of new apartment supply coming in 2024 that will limit rent growth, Yardi Matrix says in a special multifamily rent report. However, it might take…