Property Management Blog

The Pros and Cons of Online Rent Collection in Naperville

Are you sick and tired of waiting for late payments? Are your tenants starting to make you wonder about Illinois laws for late-payment evictions? Before you do more drastic research, allow us to suggest a potentially mutually beneficial fix for this common problem.Online rent col...

The Pros and Cons of Allowing Pets in Your Rental Property

It's astonishing that seven out of ten households have one or more pets.Rental property owners have to ask themselves if they'll allow pets or not. It's a massive debate that has countless points to weigh.Are you stuck on whether you should accept pets in your investm...

How to Keep Great Tenants in Your Investment Property

It's incredible that almost 150,000 people live in Naperville, Illinois.A property owner looking to maintain a steady income stream from their investment property can thrive there. One of the key strategies to achieve this is by retaining great tenants. High tenant turnover c...

The Power of Home Staging: Transforming Your Property for Sale

Are you planning to sell your property? If so, it pays to learn the art of transforming your abode into a desirable and sellable space - home staging.Homes that are staged spend 73% less time on the market than those that aren't. The process involves strategic placement of fu...

Investment Properties: Choosing the Right Assets for Your Portfolio

In 2023, making an investment in real estate comes with some complications. One of them is that now isn't the best time to buy and flip properties, as many buyers are waiting out the high interest rates.However, if you have the capital, now is the perfect time to buy rental i...

Tough Renting Decisions Made Easy

Owning a rental property can be an excellent source of passive income for the property owner. However, if you try to manage your own rental property, you might find yourself struggling to make all the important decisions that go into marketing and managing a rental prop...

Vacation Home Property Management

Vacation rentals are steadily rising in popularity as vacationers are drawn to a more relaxed home setting in a local atmosphere as a cost effective alternative to a single hotel room in a bustling tourist district. The market is swarmed with up and coming vacation rentals ...

Vacation Management Overview

I want to share a video overview I recently produced explaining our vacation management services and fees. If you are considering hiring a professional management company to manage a VRBO this video is a must see!

Want to sell your property? Use a 1031 Exchange

Did you know that if you own a property that is not your primary residence, you are actually classified by the IRS as somewhat of an investor? This makes selling your property just a bit tricky, especially when it comes to the taxes which come along with it. In such cas...

Why Conduct Regular Inspections of Your Rental Properties

If we didn’t trust our tenants, we probably wouldn’t rent to them, but when it comes to your properties and the protection of their value, here are 3 reasons as to why it is a good idea to conduct regular inspections of your rental properties. First, to confirm that n...