by Marissa Barajas | Feb 20, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
There are plenty of reasons to both lament the loss of tenants in your Santa Rosa rental property and to celebrate the transition. You don’t love the fact that you’re facing a vacancy and that you’ll have to invest some money into turnover costs, maintenance, and...
by Marissa Barajas | Feb 13, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Santa Rosa has had a strange relationship with rent control over the last decade. In 2016, the City Council passed a rent control law. There was a lot of backlash against that local ordinance, and it was put to a vote in a special election in 2017. Santa Rosa citizens...
by Marissa Barajas | Jan 23, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Lease renewals are often a balancing act. You want to keep your good residents in place, but you also want to keep your rental value consistent with the market. How can you increase your rent without chasing your residents out of their rental home? This is especially...
by Marissa Barajas | Jan 9, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Taxes. Who doesn’t love to think about taxes? If you’re like most people, it’s probably not your favorite topic. But, taxes are actually a fairly favorable topic when we’re talking about how they apply to rental properties. If you’re a real estate investor with a...
by Marissa Barajas | Dec 26, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
The advertising and marketing landscape changed dramatically for rental properties when landlords and property managers began posting homes for rent online instead of in print media, where it would take much longer for prospective tenants to even see your listing, let...
by Marissa Barajas | Dec 12, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Screening tenants is one of the most important things you will do before renting out a home in Santa Rosa. California tenant protections require you to follow all state and federal fair housing laws when you’re screening, and as long as you’re in compliance with...
