By JC Velez - Thursday, September 28, 2023

What Services Does a Palm Desert Property Management Company Offer?

Experienced investors know that working with a professional Palm Desert property management company can lead to higher rental incomes, lower expenses, and fewer frustrations. If you’ve never worked with a property manager before or you’ve had a bad experience, we want to tel...

By JC Velez - Thursday, July 6, 2023

A Tenant Damaged My Palm Desert Investment Property, Now What?

Property damage is a major concern for a number of the Palm Desert rental property owners we talk to. You can screen your tenants well, but you never really know who is moving into your property. You could have otherwise good tenants move out and then find thousands of dollars...

By JC Velez - Thursday, April 20, 2023

How to Competitively Price Your Rental Property

What do you think your Palm Springs rental property is worth to tenants? You might have an idea of what you think you should earn in rent every month. But, that’s not always what you’re going to earn. You have to be realistic. The market will be the dominating factor...

By JC Velez - Thursday, March 2, 2023

Best Practices for Completing Tenant Maintenance Requests

Handling tenant maintenance requests quickly and completely will accomplish a couple of important things for you. First, it’s an important part of your tenant retention plan. To avoid vacancies and turnover costs at your Palm Desert rental property, make sure you have a...

By JC Velez - Thursday, February 16, 2023

Palm Springs Landlord's Guide to Handling Difficult Tenants with Ease

As professional Palm Springs property managers, we know that we’re doing more than managing rental homes. We’re also managing the tenants who occupy those rental homes. That’s not always easy. We’re often called upon to resolve conflicts and mediate disputes. We are...

By JC Velez - Thursday, February 2, 2023

Landlord's Guide to California's Rent Control Law

It has been almost two years since California’s Tenant Protection Act went into effect. While it would have been a pretty big deal during most of 2020, the rental industry was instead occupied with eviction moratoriums and what the pandemic meant for rental properties througho...

By JC Velez - Thursday, December 1, 2022

Is It Time to Switch Property Management Companies?

Change can be hard. If you’ve been working with a property manager in Palm Desert for a while, you might hesitate to make a move, even if you’re unhappy with the level of service you’re receiving. If you can communicate well with your property managers, you can talk a...

By JC Velez - Thursday, October 6, 2022

The Fair Housing Act: What California Landlords Should Know

If you’re a landlord who is renting out a property in Palm Springs or anywhere in California, your attention to fair housing laws is critical. This is a state with a lot of tenant protections. In fact, the state fair housing laws are stricter than the federal laws. You need ...

By JC Velez - Sunday, July 10, 2022

How to Set the Rent Price for Your Rental Property

As the owner of a rental property, your goal is to maximize the amount of profit that you receive from your single-family home, condo or multi-family building. The rent that you collect from tenants pays your mortgage, taxes (ugh!), insurance, maintenance and building your reserv...

By JC Velez - Monday, July 4, 2022

Rent Collection in Three Easy Steps

At the core, rental owners are in the rental business because they want rental income. If tenants don’t pay their rent, rental owners don’t get paid and they may have to initiate costly and time-consuming evictions. Property management professionals know that the method use...