Property Management Blog

Blog Post How to Understand and Set Rental Criteria as a Landlord
By Garrett Brady - Monday, March 9, 2026

How to Understand and Set Rental Criteria as a Landlord

How to Understand and Set Rental Criteria as a LandlordSetting minimum standards for your rental property, otherwise known as the rental criteria, is one of the first steps a landlord takes when renting out their property. Clear criteria help you limit the time wasted on non-qual...
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Blog Post Reasons Landlords can Deny Rental Applications and How to do it Properly
By Garrett Brady - Thursday, March 5, 2026

Reasons Landlords can Deny Rental Applications and How to do it Properly

Reasons Landlords Can Deny Rental Applications and How to Do It ProperlyScreening rental applications is one of the most important tasks a landlord has. Our guide – the Complete Guide to Tenant Screening – tells you the process to help get it right so you can avoid pi...
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Blog Post How to Read a Tenant’s Credit Report Like a Professional
By Garrett Brady - Wednesday, March 4, 2026

How to Read a Tenant’s Credit Report Like a Professional

How to Read a Tenant’s Credit Report Like a ProfessionalCredit reports are one of the tools you use as a landlord to assess whether an applicant for your rental property is a suitable fit. While income verification determines if someone can afford the rental, the credit rep...
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Blog Post The Complete Guide to Tenant Screening for Your Rental Property
By Garrett Brady - Tuesday, February 24, 2026

The Complete Guide to Tenant Screening for Your Rental Property

The Complete Guide to Tenant Screening for Your Rental PropertyIdentifying and vetting applicants for your rental property is one of, if not the singular most important aspect of managing a rental property. It is crucial to complete this step with the utmost attention to detail ...
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Blog Post Understanding Different Income Sources for Rental Application
By Garrett Brady - Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Understanding Different Income Sources for Rental Application

Understanding Different Income Sources for Rental Applications (And How Landlords Should Evaluate Them)Verifying income is one of the most important steps in tenant screening – and in fact is our number one concern when we review applications.Most landlords think the task i...
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Blog Post New Laws Impacting California Rentals in 2024
By Garrett Brady - Tuesday, January 27, 2026

New Laws Impacting California Rentals in 2024

There are 2 new laws that impact certain rental properties in California for 2024.  There is also a ballot proposition that could impact all properties to be voted on next November.  That ballot measure, again funded by the same group that put it to the vote in both 201...
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Blog Post Impact of the Commission Lawsuit Settlement on a Property Management
By Garrett Brady - Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Impact of the Commission Lawsuit Settlement on a Property Management

In March the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settled a 4-year lawsuit called Sitzer-Burnett vs. NAR et al and agreed to not only pay $413 million in damages to the plaintiffs, but also change fundamentally how they practice real estate.  This article explores the pote...
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Blog Post First vs. Best Qualified: First Comes First
By Garrett Brady - Tuesday, January 27, 2026

First vs. Best Qualified: First Comes First

There is a bill that may pass that will mandate the first qualified applicant to be accepted by the owner or management company.  The property owner must publish what their criteria are for applicant approval, but whoever the first applicant is who meets that standard, their...
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