Chicago property owner amasses $15M in fines for ‘rat harborage’

Suburban landowner Suzie B. Wilson has acquired hundreds of largely vacant properties in the city’s south and west sides. She has garnered thousands of tickets worth millions of dollars in the meantime. Continue reading

New suit alleges Yardi rent-setting software violates antitrust law

A lawsuit filed by a renter in Seattle accuses the property management software firm and major landlords of violating antitrust statutes through a product used to set rent rates. Continue reading

5 reasons it’s time to master the power of AI

Victoria Kennedy, CEO of Atman Real Estate, outlines the ways that AI is already reshaping the real estate industry. If you’ve been holding off on putting AI to work for your real estate business, the time has come to get off the sidelines. Continue reading

Holding onto property managers is hard. Here’s how to keep them

Our management team averages 12 years on the job, providing continuity essential to our residents and our business. Here’s how we do it. Continue reading

RentRedi acquires Payment Report and eRentPayment in buying spree

The 6-year-old digital property management firm scooped up the companies in a bid to boost digital payment workflows and aid tenants in credit building, according to an announcement this week. Continue reading

Zillow, Apartments.com join Biden’s war on rental housing fees

Zillow, Apartments.com and AffordableHousing.com agreed to join the fight in a continuation of a war on rental fees the Biden administration announced in March. Continue reading

Smart, easy Azibo soothes the pain points of owning investment property: Tech Review

Azibo is a browser app to help property owner-operators who manage anywhere from five to 50 units get a handle on their finances, tenants and portfolio. Continue reading

Property investing is so hard, even Spencer Rascoff steers clear of it

The co-founder of Zillow and Pacaso just isn’t that into traditional real estate — at least as an income-generating investment, he told Arrived CEO Ryan Frazier in a recent interview. Continue reading

What can landlords look for when screening tenants for a rental?

An ineffective screening process can fail to block a potential threat to an investment property, experts told Inman. Here’s a few more screening tips landlords might want to consider. Continue reading

Aptly named PayProp is a U.K. proptech import landlords will welcome: Tech Review

There’s not an over abundance of spreadsheets or charts (there are some) but instead a series of clean dashboards that track payments, outgoing expenses, revenue streams and tenants. Continue reading