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How to Create and Enforce a Guest Policy Within Your Condo Rental As a rental condo owner, you are responsible for the people who live within your building. It is important to screen potential tenants carefully and craft an agreement that clearly defines the residents in the space. While operating your condominium, you may find that certain tenants have guests that you think are temporary visitors. But what do you do when they become an ongoing occupant within the property? Tenant and Guest Definition A tenant is the person or persons that you have signed a contract with to pay rent...

Building a Better Reputation as a Rental Property Owner When it comes to being a successful rental property owner, you must build a solid reputation. With a strong reputation, you can keep your rental properties booked when it comes to vacation options or have long-term tenants inside residential dwellings. But how do you build a better reputation? What can you do to ensure your success? Quality Properties To begin, you must offer quality properties. You can’t just buy any old property and try to rent it out. You must be strategic with your investments and keep your properties in the best...

Dealing with Mold: How Property Managers Can Help When it comes to being a board member for a condominium association, you never know what will come up next. From resident issues to broken plumbing pipes, a busted HVAC system or electrical problem, it always seems to be something. Most problems can be handled quickly and at an affordable rate, but there are other issues that can arise that require professional assistance and more care than others. Mold is a major problem that can occur in a condo complex and must be dealt with correctly to avoid any major issues or added...

Condo Management 101: Understanding the Power of Social Media As a condo rental owner, you most likely promote your rental locally via flyers or perhaps classified ads. You may even use radio advertisements to get the information out to the local public about your property. While these options can work, today’s tenants are basically online only. One of the best options for promoting your rental property is with social media. Learning how to use the many options or rely on your Chicago property manager to do it for you, will ensure that your property is noticed and occupied long-term. Update Your...

Why Are Property Maintenance Services So Critical? If you operate a rental property by yourself, you may be considering hiring a Chicago property manager. With property management services, you have professional assistance in the day to day operations of your rental properties. This option is critical to your business being successful. Newbies to the rental property world quickly become overwhelmed and need help dealing with everything from tenant issues to the maintenance of the building. Learn more about how property management services can help so you can spread the workload and lose a bit of stress from going it alone. Tenant...