3 Summer Property Maintenance Tasks You Shouldn’t Skip

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3 Summer Property Maintenance Tasks You Shouldn’t Skip

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Summer is in full swing! The sun is shining, flowers are blooming, and stores are starting to put out their back-to-school supplies. Does that mean you should take a summer vacation from property maintenance? No! Now is the time to prepare for the harsher seasons ahead. Tackle these three summer property maintenance tasks now – … Continued

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Helpful Vendor Tools In Yardi Breeze

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Working with vendors doesn’t have to mean scribbled contact information, piles of paperwork and hard-to-track invoices and payments. The vendor tools available in Yardi Breeze make it easy for you to manage your relationship with the different vendors and suppliers you use at your properties – from electricians and painters to lawyers and bookkeepers. Adding … Continued

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6 Mobile Photography Tips For Property Managers

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Now that almost everyone has a smartphone, we all have tiny cameras in our pockets. That means you don’t need to hire a fancy photographer and schedule a photo shoot to take listing photos anymore. You can do it yourself using a few mobile photography tips for property managers to make sure you get the … Continued

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Is Resident Screening A Good Idea?

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Do you screen applicants at your properties? Resident screening helps you determine if a prospect will be a good fit. It can help you fill your properties with reliable tenants who pay rent when it’s due and are good neighbors. In that sense, resident screening is a good idea. But there is a right way … Continued

Cloud Security: Is Your Property Management Data Safe?

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Which is safer: storing your property management data on your computer or in the cloud? Property owners and managers keep a lot of personal and financial data on hand – both their own and their tenants’ – so it’s understandable that data security is a big concern.

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Phone Etiquette Tips For Property Managers & Landlords

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Quick: name one business tool that you couldn’t live without. If you said your smartphone, you’re not alone. Your phone is your connection to your coworkers, rental prospects and tenants. Whether you’re answering a call from someone who saw an ad or getting a maintenance call from a renter, how you conduct yourself over the … Continued

May 2018 Rental News: Rents Rose $4

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Good property managers know what’s going on in the area around them. Great property managers know what’s going on in the industry in general. Are rents going up or down? Are cities or suburbs seeing more traffic? Where are new developments going up? Since Yardi Breeze is part of the larger Yardi family, we are … Continued

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