The transient nature of military service, with military personnel and families moving every few years whether they like it or not, has upsides and downsides for landlords. You’re guaranteed a regular influx of new potential tenants to the area, but your tenants will also eventually receive PCS orders requiring them to move. The prime PCS […]
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Preparing for Tenant Turnover in 2020
Plan ahead for a smoother PCS season this year. Of the many challenges in managing a rental property, the turnover process between tenants is one of the most arduous. It requires balancing the needs of your current tenant, the preparation of the property for the next tenant, marketing the listing, and getting the new tenant […]
AHRN Annual Rundown – 2019
With 2019 in our collective metaphorical rearview mirror, we hope you’re all looking forward to 2020 and its promises as much as we are. But before this year really gets rolling, let’s take a look back on some of AHRN’s tip-top highlights of the last one in our first ever annual rundown. We had some […]
5 More Tips for Property Managers
No doubt our astute and regular readers recall we’ve gone over some great tips for property managers, as well as some mistakes they should avoid, before. But knowing a thing or two about a thing or two is no reason to stop learning. There are always more pointers and good ideas you can learn in […]
When a PCS-ing Tenant Terminates a Lease
The transient nature of military life, with service members and families moving every three years or so, has pros and cons. That goes for landlords who rent to the military community as well. There will be regular, large influxes of new potential tenants to your area. But you’ll also face fast, often sudden turnovers when […]
4 Ways to Market A Property to Military Families
Military families move a whole lot. In fact, the average child in a military family moves six to nine times. That’s an average of three times more than kids in nonmilitary families. Military rental properties constitute a highly specialized market. And that uniqueness makes AHRN, and its 1.4 million users, the perfect direct marketing channel to reach […]
5 Property Manager Mistakes to Avoid
In recent months, we’ve laid out some great principles and pointers for property managers. Today we’ll look at the opposite end of being a good property manager by pointing out some of the biggest mistakes you might make and how to avoid them. Doing Reactive Maintenance Only In general, there are two types of maintenance: […]
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 […]
Hiring a Property Manager
So, you’ve bought a wonderful house in a great neighborhood with perfect light, ample square footage, and maybe an extra room for an awesome home gym, art studio or entertainment suite. But, for one reason or another, it’s time to move. Maybe you’re PCS-ing. Maybe you need a bigger house. Or maybe you and your […]
6 Survival Tips for Landlords
Typically every three to four years, active-duty service members find themselves placed on orders to serve at a new duty station. In an unsteady real estate market, it can be difficult for service members to sell their homes with the less than 120 days lead time that most PCS moves afford. In the meantime, it […]