Property management accounting basics: The definitive guide

The best partnerships between property managers and building owners leave little to chance, yet provide flexibility when the unforeseen occurs. A horrendous fire roars through a building, flood waters cascade in through the foundation, and roofs collapse due...

With so many disasters in recent years—often with little warning and in unexpected locales, make protecting your building and tenants a top priority. Not only is it critical to keep the four walls, roof, and basement secure from...

This winter, record snowfall in the Northeast in cities like Boston have caused one snow emergency after another. Never-before-seen crises have included shutdowns of public transportation system for days at a time and major pile-ups on slick area...

Everybody likes a freebie, or something extra.  Condominium and apartment amenities are hardly new. International Village in Bloomington, Minnesota, opened in 1968 with perks that could rival those now used to woo buyers and renters — pools, hot...

When you’re thinking of adding a laundry room to your property, there are other things to consider beyond startup and operating costs. If you’re still wondering exactly what you’re getting into, ask yourself the six questions below, which...

A long time ago, in a land not so far away, I decided to work for a property management company. It wasn’t just any property management business, though, but the family business that my mother had run for...

Laundry. Every tenant has to do it, and many won’t even consider renting if a building doesn’t have a laundry room. In a recent National Multi Housing Council/Kingsley Associates survey, 88 percent of respondents rated laundry facilities as...

This is the second article in a series about how “smart home” (or “connected home”) technology is poised to bring a whole new world of convenience to homeowners and tenants. In our last post, we looked at smart...