You will find that knowing how to be a good landlord is closely related to providing exceptional customer service. Responsible landlords and property managers go to great lengths to identify and mitigate potential issues for tenants before they even become a problem. If issues occur, they act quickly and respectfully to resolve any conflicts. The […]
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Welcome Military Tenants: 5 Tips for Military Landlords
Welcoming your new military tenants to their new home is a wonderful way to foster open communication and a great relationship while generating positive, word-of-mouth recommendations. The military community is tight-knit, and renting to military tenants is a great way to secure renters for years to come! Renting to Military Tenants The transient nature of […]
How to Market Your Property for Military Family Housing
Military families are known for moving quite frequently. Every one to four years, military members and their families are given Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders and asked to move to a new area or entirely different county. As such, military homes for rent is a very special and highly profitable market for landlords. Here […]
Tips for Property Managers
So, you got hired as a property manager and now tend to the investment property/properties of another person (perhaps some savvy AHRN reader who wisely took last week’s article to heart). Maybe it’s your first gig tending to rented-out homes, maybe you’re an old hand at this sort of thing. Maybe it’s a full-time job […]
Questions to Ask Prospective Tenants: Screening Renters
Screening potential tenants is a necessary process to ensure tenants can pay their rent and are respectful of your property. Making a bad tenant choice upfront can lead to big headaches and potentially large repair bills. When screening potential tenants, it’s important to make sure that you ask the right questions and those that do […]
7 Ways to Be the Best Landlord
Whether you have one property or many, being a landlord can be rewarding – or a big headache. The best way to ease the potential stresses, especially if you are doing this long distance, is to be great at it. Half of the equation is getting and retaining the right tenants; the other half is about […]
Improve Your Real Estate Business Productivity
As we head into the busy moving season, take steps now to improve your real estate business productivity. For many real estate professionals, there always seems to be more on the to do list than there are hours in the day. Maximizing your success means focusing your energy and time on the parts of your business […]
Fall Check List for Property Managers
Property managers know that as summer ends – before the weather turns and the holidays hijack routines – there is a perfect window to accomplish yearly maintenance and seasonal duties. Getting ahead of these can save money in bills and repairs (especially when weather conditions can make it more complicated), reduce the likelihood of emergency […]
NEW Photo Manager Makes Listing Marketing Faster & Easier
AHRN.com is working hard to improve their tools and make finding the right tenant / buyer even simpler! This week, we launched a new, improved photo manager to improve your listing management experience. Showing home searchers clear, attractive images is a powerful marketing tool for your property. AHRN.com wants to make sure that you are able to add photos […]
Resize and Retouch to Import the Best Photos into AHRN.com
Photos are one of the most important aspects of your real estate / rental listing marketing. Maximize the impact of your images by ensuring they IMPORT and DISPLAY optimally! AHRN.com put together a few tips and tools to help you bring the best photos into AHRN.com the FIRST TIME. On AHRN.com, photos need to be under 5 MB to […]