Property Management Blog

Safety Matters: 10 Rental Property Safety Improvements

Frequent chores such as rent collection and tenant screening top the list of concerns of rental property owners. All too often rental property owners don’t think about the most crucial aspects of rental property ownership—safety improvements and landlord liability issues—until it’s too late. Like most states, ...

3 Tips for Marketing a Summer Vacancy

You’re an Indianapolis landlord because you know how great Indy is, especially during the summer. You don’t want marketing a summer vacancy in your rental property to eat away all your free time. After all, maybe you have big plans for your Salsa game and plan on hitting the floor on Latin Nights at The Jazz Kitchen. You ...

5 Benefits of Having Long-Term Contractor Partnerships

According to Indiana Landlord-Tenant Law, “tenants have the right to terminate a lease agreement when premises become uninhabitable.”What this means is that you stand to have high tenant turnover if you don’t take property maintenance seriously.You must ensure that you stay on top of maintenance and repairs. However, it&...

4 Indianapolis Attractions Perfect for Families

Indianapolis has dozens of fun-filled attractions perfect for families. The whole family can cool off at Holiday World, Indianapolis’s very own amusement and water park. Parents can peel kids away from the screens to play Babe Ruth’s favorite game at Action & Atomic Duckpin Bowling. Or kids can learn how milk and cheese ar...

Improve Your Rental Property ROI with These 5 Easy Steps

A man was having dinner at his friends’ home. They served him a juicy steak, an oversized potato, and a single green bean. Confused, he looked at his smiling host, who explained his wife had planted a garden that year. But there was no good soil on the property. The wife tried her best anyway. She purchased organic mulch and the mos...

4 Reasons Why Indianapolis Is Attractive to Young Professionals

Thinking of moving? Ever consider Indianapolis? If the thought of moving to Indianapolis conjures images of kitchen window views of endless cornfields or drab date nights at the local Walmart, it’s time for you to meet the real Crossroads of America. With unemployment and cost of living rates lower than the national average an...

Camera Shy? 3 Ways to Get Comfortable Using & Making Videos of Your Rental Property

Video marketing is a proven tool for real estate, including rental properties. Are you already sharing pictures of your vacant rental property on social media? You're likely to get 1,200% more shares if your social media post includes a video. Using a video to market your rental property could net you four times more inquir...

The Value of an Annual Rental Property Inspection

You're taking a big risk if you aren't performing an annual inspection of your rental property. Landlords tend to take a time-out from their duties once the rental is filled and the checks start coming. But if you delay inspecting your property until the current tenants move out, you may be setting yourself up for a long vacancy ...

6 Reasons To Move To Indianapolis In 2021

It’s tough to choose between the small town feel of suburbia and the hustling happenings of city life. Backyard parties are enjoyable. But you crave the culinary inspiration of a foodie’s urban paradise. Indianapolis is that special place where you can enjoy a small town feel with the entertainment options of a city.Indianapo...

Where Indiana Rental Property Owners Find The Best Tenants

It’d be nice if the best tenants in Indianapolis congregated in the same place.Imagine a swanky social club where members use Command Strips to hang their pictures and the pet of choice is a Chia. All members would have clean records, and color-coded ribbons pinned to their shirts would denote their credit score. Gatherings would b...