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...
by Marissa Barajas | Nov 28, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
As a real estate investor, you know that setting a budget for your Santa Rosa investment property is an essential part of making sure that the property will be profitable. Not only do you need to keep your costs and expenses within your allocated budget, but you also...
by Marissa Barajas | Nov 14, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
This is Santa Rosa, and in Santa Rosa, most of the population is concerned with the environment. Energy efficiency is a big deal, and we’re all trying to ensure we don’t make things worse for the planet than they already are. It’s not just owners, investors, and...
