Property management accounting basics: The definitive guide

Welcome to Part 4 of “Making More Money,” our series on earning more revenue from your properties. In our last article, we looked at how managing maintenance for your clients can bring you greater financial rewards. In this...

We’ve been writing a lot about company accounting recently, covering topics like bookkeeping basics, property management fees, income and expenses and cash flow statements. The reason we’ve been in an accounting frenzy lately is because we’ve been hard...

Welcome to Part 3 of “Making More Money,” our series on how property managers can earn more from their properties. Last time, we covered renting to college students and other types of less-typical tenants. This week, we take...

With the latest update to Buildium, it’s now easier to stay on top of scheduling maintenance for appliances, because you can keep track of specific appliances at both the property and unit level. All you have to do...

Welcome to Part 2 of “Making More Money,” our series on how property managers can earn more from their properties. We started the series with a focus on boosting revenues by making buildings pet-friendly. This week, we’ll cover...

Sometimes tenants fall on hard times and fail to pay rent or keep up the property through no fault of their own. A common challenge is the plight of senior citizens who want to live independently but are...

Texting (and our general obsession with our phones) has transformed the way we communicate. If the ability to send text messages already permeates every aspect of our lives, we think it’s pretty important for you to have the...

Welcome to Part 1 of “Making More Money,” our series on how entrepreneurial property managers can earn more revenue from their properties or the buildings they manage for their clients.  These moneymaking opportunities involve time, effort, and in...