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How to simplify rent collection for both landlords and tenants

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Rent collection is essential for your portfolio’s financial stability and profitability. Ryan Barone shares strategies to simplify it for you and your renters. Continue reading →

How global events jeopardize fair housing (and what you can do)

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Dr. Lee Davenport draws on both historical context and current events to describe how the latest news can impact the application of fair housing laws and policies. Continue reading →

13K NYC rent-stabilized units have been vacant since 2021: Study

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NYC’s Independent Budget Office’s latest study found 13,362 rent-stabilized units have been empty for at least two years. They said it’s “impossible” to know if landlords are justifiably keeping them unrented. Continue reading →

Tenants rage as board votes to hike rent on millions of New Yorkers

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Following an emotional hearing disrupted by protestors, a preliminary vote Tuesday by the Rent Guidelines Board set the stage for increases of up to 5 percent for one-year leases, and 7 percent for two-year leases. Continue reading →

Tenants in jeopardy as rent hikes outpace value of rental vouchers

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No metro in the U.S. held enough vouchers to meet soaring demand, with Miami and other cities in Florida standing out for disparities between available vouchers and renters who need them. Continue reading →

How to clean a rental property: 5 ways landlords can ensure tidiness

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From walk-throughs to pre-move cleanups, American West Realty and Management owner Nathan Gesner shares how landlords and property managers can guarantee damage-free apartments. Continue reading →

Knox Financial converts owners to landlords with this one cool trick

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Knox provides mortgage lending, refinancing, lines of credit and its KEAP program—Knox Equity Access Program—to give homeowners access to capital, based on the equity in the homes they are turning into investment properties. Continue reading →

6 ways landlords can thwart holiday porch pirates, prevent package theft

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Package theft is up 36 percent year over year, to a whopping 210 million stolen packages in the U.S. so far in 2021. Here’s how landlords can help their tenants avert potential theft this holiday season. Continue reading →

How helping mom-and-pop investors can grow your business

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One of the best ways to serve your clients is to be a solution to their problems. Helping tenants and landlords work together to keep people in their homes will earn you more referrals and positive press than almost anything else you can do to promote … Continue reading →

The ‘looming eviction crisis’ is overblown. Here’s why

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Although there’s a lot of chatter about an “eviction tsunami” or “eviction apocalypse” whenever the federal moratorium ends, the data does not support that fear. Here’s a deeper dive. Continue reading →