by Marissa Barajas | Aug 14, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Good fences make good neighbors, or so said Robert Frost in his poem “Mending Wall.” Neighbors can be a gift or a challenge, depending on who they are and where you live. If you’re renting out a property in Santa Rosa, you might get some complaints from tenants from...
by Marissa Barajas | Jul 31, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
We are property managers in Santa Rosa. What does that mean we do? This is a question we actually get a lot, even though we’ve been doing this work for years. A lot of people have never worked with a professional property manager before. Or, we are asked this...
by Marissa Barajas | Jul 24, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
If you are renting out Santa Rosa homes, it is time to go green. This doesn’t mean you have to become an active environmentalist. We’re not talking about sustainability and environmental awareness as a political issue, but instead as a business issue. Your tenants...
by Marissa Barajas | Jun 26, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Mice, ants, roaches, bats. Cringe. No one likes to think about critters taking up space in their homes, even if the critters are cute (we recently heard about a family of flying squirrels living in a linen closet). Pests can damage your Santa Rosa rental property. ...
by Marissa Barajas | Jun 19, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
A large part of the Santa Rosa rental market is work-from-home tenants. There may be debates about whether companies should call their employees back into the office, but the fact remains that working remotely is a big part of the American workforce, and plenty of...
by Marissa Barajas | Jun 12, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
This is California, meaning it’s impossible to own property without worrying about fires, floods, earthquakes, drought, and a list of potential disasters. There are also the more common catastrophes specific to your Santa Rosa rental property; kitchen fires and burst...