Rental property management encompasses a wide range of tasks, from advertising, tenant screening, and rent collection, to maintenance tracking, lease signing, and financial tracking and reporting. Savvy landlords and investors…

Let’s face it, being a landlord is no easy feat. You have to deal with everything from potentially difficult tenants, property management, and maintenance. It can be time consuming and…

As a landlord, accepting rent payments in person or through the mail is a tradition older than our very nation. But time and technology wait for no property owner. Even…

Landlords face various internal and external threats to their rental property businesses. Physical threats can range in nature from vandalism by outsiders to fire hazards within the building. Some tenants…

By Kimberly Rau, MassLandlords “Evicted,” published in 2016 by Matthew Desmond, forced Americans to look at the housing crisis in their own backyards and changed how we talk about eviction.…

When you rent out your home to someone, they will often pay a security deposit. Security deposits are a necessary part of renting out property. They are designed to protect…

No matter how carefully you screen your tenants, landlords will inevitably experience tenant conflict. From parking issues to loud music and common area conflicts, tenants can get into a confrontation…

You’ve probably seen condemned signs on houses. But how do properties become condemned, and what do you need to know as a buyer or seller? There is likely a condemned…

The best smell a rental can have is no smell, but that is not always the case. Even after tenants move out, they can leave behind common odors from their…

As a landlord, part of the screening process will be to deny some applicants. With the housing market as tight as it is right now, rental demand is higher than…