Property Management Blog

Blog Post We’re Not Afraid of HOA Management
By Scott P. Brady - Thursday, May 23, 2019

We're Not Afraid of HOA Management

We’re Not Afraid of HOA Management  When I was just in residential sales, my broker friends told me to avoid residential property management. Because it was the three t’s: toilets, tenants and troubles. There was too much litigation, the profit margins w...
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Blog Post How to Get a $1,000 Pet Damage Guarantee
By Scott P. Brady - Wednesday, May 15, 2019

How to Get a $1,000 Pet Damage Guarantee

How to Get a $1,000 Pet Damage Guarantee  Pet Protection Program  Over 50% of tenants have a pet. Many owners instruct us to not allow any pets in their rental, but there are 3 problems with this policy: The tenant will lie. They will say they have no pets...
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Blog Post Rent Control: How Property Owners Can Be Prepared in Orange, CA
By Scott P. Brady - Thursday, May 9, 2019

Rent Control: How Property Owners Can Be Prepared in Orange, CA

[embed]https://youtu.be/j9HmhA5Az6E[/embed] At Progressive Property Management, we provide full-service management in Orange, California to landlords and investors with rental homes in the area. Today, we are talking about a subject that is on the minds of every property ow...
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Blog Post Our Tiresome Walk on the Capital
By Scott P. Brady - Monday, May 6, 2019

Our Tiresome Walk on the Capital

Our Tiresome Walk on the Capital I have been a Director for the Pacific West Association of Realtors (PWR) for 10 years (about 13,000 Realtor members) and a Director for the California Association of Realtors (CAR) for 10 years as well (over 200,000 members). As you may kno...
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Blog Post Big Stakes at Small Claims Court
By Scott P. Brady - Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Big Stakes at Small Claims Court

If you have a dispute with your tenant over the security deposit or breach of contract, since the amount disputed should be $10,000 or below, you will battle in small claims court of this money or possession. Since we have attended a small claims hearing many times, here is what ...
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Blog Post What’s more important, protecting your real estate asset or improving the
By Scott P. Brady - Monday, April 29, 2019

What's more important, protecting your real estate asset or improving the

What’s more important, protecting your real estate asset or improving the monthly cash flows? At Progressive Property Management, we provide both. We have found many people who manage their own rental begrudgingly raise the rent for a tenant who pays as agreed and ...
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Blog Post The 6 Qualities of a Good Tenant
By Scott P. Brady - Sunday, April 21, 2019

The 6 Qualities of a Good Tenant

The difference between enjoying your investment property and not, depends greatly on the quality of the tenant you or we place in your rental. We use a Better Tenant System which works well for us and standardizes the process to a large degree. But there are five qualities ...
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Blog Post Making Owners a Priority
By Scott P. Brady - Monday, April 8, 2019

Making Owners a Priority

Priority Owner Program We have some owners who need the current month’s rent to pay that month’s bills. We also have owners who don’t want to wait for the rent to become available to them. Even if the tenant pays on the first of the month, our owner ma...
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Blog Post Tenant Assistance as Tenant Retention (Just Cause Eviction)
By Scott P. Brady - Sunday, April 7, 2019

Tenant Assistance as Tenant Retention (Just Cause Eviction)

Tenant Assistance as Tenant Retention The Long Beach City Council recently directed city staff to craft an ordinance that would force owners of properties with 4 units or more, to pay 2 month’s rent to a tenant.  The tenant is considered displaced through “no f...
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Blog Post The First Stab at Statewide Rent Control in California
By Scott P. Brady - Sunday, March 17, 2019

The First Stab at Statewide Rent Control in California

It's official; the state legislature is pursuing statewide rent control. This comes as no surprise since Governor Gavin Newsom, at his "State of the State Address" in February, in front of his colleagues and cameras, announced, "bring me a good bill on rent stabilization, and I ...
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