by Marissa Barajas | May 8, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
As a Santa Rosa landlord, understanding the Fair Housing Act is an important part of successfully renting your property to all qualified tenants. This landmark piece of federal legislation set up protected classes in housing, prohibiting providers, lenders, and other...
by Marissa Barajas | May 1, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
It’s not just about attracting tenants to your Santa Rosa rental property. It’s about attracting high-quality tenants. You want the best of the bunch; the tenants who will pay rent on time every single month. The tenants who will contribute to the maintenance and...
by Marissa Barajas | Apr 24, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
When it’s time to perform maintenance on a rental property, many landlords will expect to do it themselves. Why not fix the leaky faucet or install a new ring on a toilet that’s causing problems? If we’re talking about minor, easy situations like these, the DIY route...
by Marissa Barajas | Apr 17, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Late rent payments are frustrating, and as a landlord, you might have come close to losing your cool if rent hasn’t come in and it’s well beyond the first month. There’s a way to handle late rent payments professionally, however, and it’s a much better path to...
by Marissa Barajas | Apr 10, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Managing risk is part of protecting your Santa Rosa investment properties. And, here’s the thing…we don’t want to constantly live in fear about what might happen. At the same time, we know very well that Santa Rosa and California in general are at constant risk from...