Property Management Blog

Evicting a tenant can be stressful for even the most seasoned property owner and can lead to lost revenue in a short amount of time. By the time a landlord starts to go through the eviction process with a tenant who is not paying on time, three months of rental payments have likely already been lost.This is a guide to help rental property...

Houston rental property owners are reporting weeks of no showings, or the wrong leads, while the mortgage payment is pulling from their account every month. We speak to many of the Houston rental property owners with rental properties sitting vacant and we find that most of the situations could have been avoided by properly marketing the ...

Duties and Responsibilities of the Landlord – Where Do They End and The Tenant's Obligations Begin. Thousands of dollars each year are being spent by owners in ignorance of their duties and repair obligations towards their tenants.In summary, rental property maintenance responsibilities are clear-cut in Texas. Yet, when it comes...

You have recently purchased a rental property and have a tenant or two lined up. All seems to be going well, and you can't help but think that all of this fuss over Lease Agreements is unnecessary.It's not. We promise.We manage over 1,038 properties and see all sorts of problems with leases. More often than not, these problems ste...

You found a great tenant. Or at least, you thought you did.The tenant seemed to be responsible when they rented the house. They would answer questions and appear to be very responsible. Their credit score seemed to be decent and they had a good credit score for rental purposes. However, 3 months later they would stop paying rent and the o...

As a landlord with rental properties, there is one very important number to keep in mind: the day your rent is deposited into your account. That is not the day that the rent was due; it is the day the rent was received.Most landlords don't realize they have a problem collecting rent until it's too late and have allowed 3 months to...

Rental properties require regular maintenance to remain both livable and attractive to tenants, and landlords are responsible for ensuring that all their needs are met. That’s not to say that all maintenance responsibilities should be shouldered by the property owner. Tenants should also hold up their end to ensure that all the...

If you’ve owned a rental property for more than five minutes, you already know this: not all tenants are created equal.Some pay rent on time. Mostly. Some take decent care of the place. More or less.And then there are those rare ones. The ones you almost forget about because… nothing goes wrong.No late payments. No complaints...

Homebuyers have finally gotten the break they’ve been waiting for, with home prices going down last year. January 2025 saw the biggest drop in median sale price in Houston, Texas, at $314,000. While it has been bumpy since then, with the highest level in June 2025 at $370,000, homebuyers have had plenty of opportunities amid intermi...

According to U.S. Census Bureau data, Houston added more than 43,000 new residents in a single year, roughly 118 people per day, ranking second in total population growth among all U.S. cities. That pace of growth drives consistent housing demand, keeps rental activity strong across dozens of neighborhoods, and makes Houston one of the mo...