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Articles by Elmer Feria on property management, leasing and renting in Southeast Michigan.
FeaturedWhat Should You Rent Your Property For?
When it comes time to determine a property’s optimal rent, landlords have a tough decision to make. It’s been a predicament that any business owner faces at one time or another; determining the value of their goods or services offered.Read article →
How Should You Go About Raising Rent?
When the time comes to raise the rent of a tenant for a specific property, this must be handled just right. If not, you could get yourself in trouble or end up with an empty property. Here ...
What Questions Seem Innocent, but Landlords Cannot Ask Rental Applicants?
When you are looking for the right tenant to fill your property, you must be careful. There are some questions you may think are normal and even innocent, but you cannot ask. Here are a few ...
Why Should You Hire a Company for Tenant Screening?
The biggest problem with being a landlord is having to find tenants. The more properties you are the landlord of, the more tenants you have to find. Unfortunately, you also have current ...
Should You Run a Tenant Credit Check on a Potential Renter?
It’s very important for landlords to run a credit check on a potential tenant. It’s actually one of the most important things you’ll want to do as a property manager because you’ll lower ...
Can you use social media to check out a tenant’s past?
Social media has changed the way we interact in our daily lives. As long as you do this correctly you can use this valuable information, which is at your fingertips, to your advantage.
Should You Avoid 'Professional Tenants'?
Just as there are “Professional Students” (a lifelong student that never earns a degree or gets a real job), there are also “Professional Tenants”. They like to complain and challenge you ...
Should You Run a Tenant Credit Check on Potential Renters?
When you decide to start renting a home to a tenant, you may be wondering if it's work doing a credit check. There are a few things to look at and if you want to minimize your risk, a ...
investment propertyTips to Find Easy-to-Rent Investment Properties in Michigan
As an investor, you take a big risk trying to buy properties you intend to hold as rentals if you don’t spend a considerable amount of time researching the area and the purchase beforehand. ...Work with JMZ
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