Southern California Property Management Blog

By Scott P. Brady - Monday, April 6, 2015

Location, Location, Location (of Courts) Matter

We speak with owners all the time who are concerned about the time and expense of evicting a tenant who breaches the contract. These owners usually want to know how long it takes to have their property back so they can start collecting income again. The short answer is this: it...

By Scott P. Brady - Monday, March 9, 2015

Upward and Online

One of our goals is to implement technology improvements whenever and where ever possible. Under our "Tenants" section you will now note "Apply Online". After trying to read the messy writing of thousands of applications to rent, we have finally made the form savable to a PDF fil...

By Scott P. Brady - Thursday, February 12, 2015

There is No "I" on the P-Team

Most property management companies assign your investment property to one of their Property Managers who then takes on the day to day management of that asset. This has some benefits: you create a relationship with one person, that person is held accountable for each property, an...

By Scott P. Brady - Monday, January 26, 2015

Our 4 Types of Owners

After spending the last 4 years growing our business from 4 doors under management to over 300, I have found that there are four different types of investment property owners who decide to click or call and use our services. Here are the four types: 1) Someone who has recently...

By Scott P. Brady - Sunday, January 18, 2015

80% of Owners Manage Their Own Rentals...Why Would They When We Offer a "Happiness Guarantee"?

I was shocked to learn that it is estimated that 80% of investment property owners manage their property themselves. We are talking about a lot of properties and owners. There are over 5,000,000 rental properties in California, so that means nearly 4,000,000 properties are not pr...

By Scott P. Brady - Friday, January 9, 2015

Why We Use the MLS and Pay a Commission

Property management companies use different marketing channels, and offer varying compensation to find tenants for their vacant properties. At Progressive Property Management, Inc., we put all of our listings on the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and offer a commission to the age...

By Scott P. Brady - Monday, December 22, 2014

Making Homeowner Association (HOA) Management Progressively Better

Although right now we don

By Scott P. Brady - Thursday, November 20, 2014

We Believe in Good Faith

I was in court this week for an eviction. The tenant was an attorney who decided to stop paying his rent and decided to take us to court. We have represented our owners on a number of evictions, and usually these are properties we have inherited and the owners need our profession...

By Scott P. Brady - Thursday, November 20, 2014

Why Choose Us?

We have updated our online brochure and can't wait to share it with all of you. It should be on the website soon. Â http://issuu.com/dhaberer/docs/on-line_broch_pag1/1

By Scott P. Brady - Saturday, October 25, 2014

Putting the "Inc." in Progressive Property Management

On January 1, 2015, we will be changing our name from "Progressive Property Management" to "Progressive Property Management, Inc.". Why the change?, you might ask. Since we do business now in four counties, and hope to do business one day in every county of California, we won't...

Property Management Blog

Location, Location, Location (of Courts) Matter

Upward and Online

There is No "I" on the P-Team

Our 4 Types of Owners

80% of Owners Manage Their Own Rentals...Why Would They When We Offer a "Happiness Guarantee"?

Why We Use the MLS and Pay a Commission

Making Homeowner Association (HOA) Management Progressively Better

We Believe in Good Faith

Why Choose Us?

Putting the "Inc." in Progressive Property Management

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