Property Management Blog

Blog Post We Intend to Relish the Next Recession
By Scott P. Brady - Wednesday, October 5, 2016

We Intend to Relish the Next Recession

Recessions are part and parcel of capitalism. Â The definition of a recession is a fall in the Gross Domestic Production for two consecutive quarters. Â Not all recessions are like the Great Recession which lasted 6 quarters and created financial havoc for most sectors of t...
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Blog Post We Don’t Provide a Service – We Improve the Experience
By Scott P. Brady - Monday, August 1, 2016

We Don't Provide a Service – We Improve the Experience

Property management is a service business. We don’t create a tangible product, we provide the service of managing residential (mostly) properties. To most, that consists of collecting rents, paying bills, making disbursements to the owners and enforcing the lease con...
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Blog Post The Accidental Landlord Dilemma
By Scott P. Brady - Sunday, July 10, 2016

The Accidental Landlord Dilemma

We have quite a few current owners who bought a property in 2005 or 2006 just before the real estate crash, and rather than sell the home at a discount in the years following, kept the property as a rental. They may have preferred to sell the property, and had no intention of ...
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Blog Post
By Scott P. Brady - Monday, June 20, 2016

Free Property Management in Orange County, CA: Is It Really Possible?

The question we are asking today is: Can you get free property management? The answer is yes and no. Professional property management actually can be free to you as the landlord, but it won’t be free to your tenant. Commercial Business Model Think about commercial bu...
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Blog Post
By Scott P. Brady - Monday, June 13, 2016

Why Do Landlords Choose to Hire Property Managers in Orange County, CA?

Over 80 percent of the clients at Progressive Property Management came to us after managing on their own for a while. We call them SMIPOS – Self Managing Investment Property Owners. If you are just starting out as a landlord or you’ve been a SMIPO for a w...
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Blog Post
By Scott P. Brady - Tuesday, June 7, 2016

4 Tenant Screening Steps to Avoid Bad Tenants in Orange County, CA

The real estate market is doing very well right now, particularly the Orange County rental market. This means the tenant pool is highly qualified, but it’s still easy to be stuck with a bad tenant. The real estate market is doing very well right now, particularl...
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Blog Post Should Your Property Management Company Sell Your Rental?
By Scott P. Brady - Sunday, June 5, 2016

Should Your Property Management Company Sell Your Rental?

You have a rental property and have decided it is time to sell. Whom do you call? If you have a trusted Realtor who is a local expert, that might be the right call. But it is my experience that the best party to assist you with the sale of your investment property, m...
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Blog Post
By Scott P. Brady - Tuesday, May 31, 2016

What if My Tenant Breaks the Lease? Property Management Advice in Orange County, CA

New landlords are often unsure about what they are supposed to do or permitted to do when their tenants break the lease. Today we’ll tell you what we do at Progressive Property Management in order to protect your property and your financial interests. Educate Your...
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Blog Post Agents Who Manage Properties? The Best of Both Worlds for Our Owners.
By Scott P. Brady - Thursday, May 5, 2016

Agents Who Manage Properties? The Best of Both Worlds for Our Owners.

We have recently starting adding real estate agents who want to both sell properties and manage them as well.  We give them the training, provide all the back office operations (rent collection, owner disbursements, monthly reporting, vendor payments, etc.) and they handle a...
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Blog Post How Is Property Management Like Paying for a Car Wash?
By Scott P. Brady - Monday, April 4, 2016

How Is Property Management Like Paying for a Car Wash?

Most people don’t wash their own car. There are three reasons that I can think of. They do a better job. I don’t know about you, but since they wash hundreds of cars a day, they have the skills to do it better. No matter how many times I windex the front ...
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