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Different Ways to Structure Late Fees
Late fees are an unfortunate but necessary part of the rental business. For most...
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How to Manage the Entire Rent Collection Process w...
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June 22, 2022
Fixed-term Leases and Alternative Lease Structures
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Allowing Exotic Animals in Your Rental Properties
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Property Management Software 101: Getting Setup
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Rental Housing Portfolio Impact of COVID-19
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December 9, 2021
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Rental Housing Adaptations to COVID-19
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Plumbing Basics for Landlords: Potable Drinking Wa...
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April 22, 2021
How to Create a Rental Listing: The Basics
Landlords use listings to advertise their rental properties. If you’re unfamil...
March 16, 2021
Every Way to Market Your Rental Properties Online
All landlords should be marketing their rental properties online. This is simple...
March 10, 2021
Use Audience Targeting to Fill Your Rentals
Audience targeting is a marketing strategy in which a marketing team pinpoints s...
March 9, 2021
4 Ways to Market Your Rentals with Offline Marketi...
Traditionally, landlords marketed their rental properties with exclusively offli...
March 8, 2021
Everything You Need to Know About Staging Your Ren...
Staging rental properties is a combination of cleaning and strategic decora...
March 2, 2021
How to Perform the Perfect Rental Property Showing
A rental showing is a landlord’s first chance to meet interested renters in pe...
March 1, 2021
Understanding Your Market to Increase Rent Price
The simplest, most effective way to increase your revenue is to increase the ren...
February 23, 2021
Adding Tenants to an Existing Lease
If you’re a landlord, you’re well aware of the importance of lease...
February 19, 2021
Things to Consider When Renewing a Lease
Deciding to renew a tenant’s lease comes with many considerations. Some import...
February 19, 2021
Taking the Perfect Picture for Your Rental Listing
Pictures are one of the most important factors to consider when creating succe...
February 9, 2021
5 Ways Landlords Can Minimize Tenant Turnover
Every day that your property or unit remains vacant is another day that you...
February 9, 2021
How to Write the Perfect Craigslist Listing
Even with so many online listing sites available today, landlords find that Crai...
February 2, 2021
How to Create a Virtual Tour for Your Rental Prope...
Virtual tours have become a hot topic in the real estate world. It’s a common ...
February 1, 2021
Improve Your Existing Property to Increase Rent Pr...
One of the best ways to increase the profit your properties generate is to incre...
January 29, 2021
Adding Fees to Increase Rental Revenue
Landlords often use the word “rent” to stand in for their income. But what t...
January 26, 2021
Implement High-Tech Features to Increase Rent Pric...
There are a number of ways to increase rent price for your rental properties....
January 20, 2021
8 Ways Landlords Can Lower Utility Costs
One of the greatest expenses that landlords face is the cost of utilities. Even ...
January 20, 2021
Best Rental Listing Sites For Commercial Propertie...
With the rise of rental listing sites, creating competitive rental listings is a...
January 16, 2021
10 Ways to Make Your Rental Listings More Competit...
Today, rental listing sites are the primary hunting ground for renters searching...
January 16, 2021
10 Ways Signing Leases Online Will Benefit Your Re...
It’s no secret that leases are important. In order to keep all of yo...
January 12, 2021
How to Minimize Vacancy Time on Rental Properties
Vacancy is a landlord’s greatest fear. Whether your rental business is your pr...
January 11, 2021
How to Reduce Expenses on Your Rental Properties
There are a handful of practical ways to modify your business practices to minim...
January 7, 2021
Self-Managing Your Properties to Reduce Costs
Property managers are becoming more popular, but they’re also becoming mor...
January 5, 2021
How to Create a Tenant Scoring System
There’s no doubt that tenant screening is a crucial part of any property mana...
January 4, 2021
Online Rent Collection Methods: What’s Best?
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December 29, 2020
How to Use Listing Syndication Software
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December 28, 2020
Rent Collection: Everything You Need to Know
Rent collection is fundamental to the operation of all rental businesses. Landlo...
December 23, 2020
Everything Landlords Should Know About Credit Card...
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December 23, 2020
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December 18, 2020
3 Amenities to Increase Revenue on your Rental Pro...
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December 17, 2020
5 Benefits of Online Rent Payments
Rent payments are the fundamental source of income for most real estate business...
December 8, 2020
Best Websites To List Your Rental Property
The more renters your listing reaches, the better chance you have of finding hig...
December 8, 2020
11 Ways Landlords Can Add Revenue Streams
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December 1, 2020
5 Benefits of Listing Syndication Software
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November 24, 2020
3 Ways to Monetize Your Land and Maximize Real Est...
Real estate is more than the building that sits on it. Sure, most of your revenu...
November 18, 2020
How to Lower Financing Expenses as a Real Estate I...
Mortgage + insurance + taxes. If, like a lot of landlords, you’ve set up escro...
November 13, 2020
Legal Issues Regarding Autopay For Rent Collection
If you are just getting into property management or you are looking to go di...
November 10, 2020
How to Create the Perfect Property Listing
In the age of the internet, writing a high-quality listing for your vacant prope...
November 4, 2020
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October 14, 2020
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October 8, 2020
What to Look for When Choosing Rent Collection Sof...
If you aren’t using rent collection software yet, now is the time to switch. I...
September 29, 2020
What Landlords Should Know About Online Rent Payme...
Getting scammed by a fraudster is, at best, infuriating, and at worst, terrifyin...
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What is ACH? How does it work?
The world is becoming paperless. People prefer digital payments to cash and chec...
July 29, 2020
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July 14, 2020
How Mobile Rent Collection Makes Life Easier
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June 30, 2020
How To Handle An Inherited Lease?
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June 15, 2020
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June 12, 2020
How to Get Rid of a Tenant Who Won’t Leave After...
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June 3, 2020
5 Tips for Better Virtual Tours During Coronavirus
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May 14, 2020
4 Questions Your Insurance Agent Would Ask If They...
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Five Government Programs That Will Help Landlords ...
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April 14, 2020
Legal Checklist When Buying a Rental Property
There are countless articles, books, and conferences instructing budding landlor...
April 9, 2020
Why Landlords Shouldn’t Use PayPal or Venmo to C...
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The Pros and Cons of Setting Up Rent Payments Thro...
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March 6, 2020
Four Ways Online Payments Enhance Transparency for...
Online payments offer landlords many benefits. For one thing, they make day-to-d...
February 14, 2020
The Impact of Cryptocurrency on Real Estate and th...
Technology is changing the world around us faster than ever before. An area wher...
February 4, 2020
Plumbing Basics for Landlords: Piping Materials
Whether you’re evaluating a potential investment property, estimating a mainte...
November 19, 2019
Plumbing Basics for Landlords: Landscaping and Rep...
Before making any decisions regarding the replacement or repair of you...
November 19, 2019
Plumbing Basics for Landlords: Understanding Pipin...
Unless you’re a certified master plumber, or you have had serious issues with...
November 19, 2019
Plumbing Basics for Landlords: Tenant Problems and...
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November 19, 2019
Millennials Aren’t Buying Homes – What Doe...
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October 16, 2019
Opportunity Zones: What Landlords Need to Know
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October 16, 2019
7 Benefits of Property Management Software for Rea...
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October 8, 2019
Managing Utilities for Rentals: Who Should Pay?
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October 7, 2019
7 Important Fees for Landlords to Know
When it comes to property management, rent is King. But there are a whole lot of...
August 27, 2019
How to Calculate Prorated Rent
Most landlords prefer to set a rental due date on the first of the month. Someti...
July 16, 2019
The Risks of Accepting Cash Payments for Rent
It Might Be Time to Switch to a Digital Payment Method Accepting cash for rent s...
July 16, 2019
10 Essential Lease Terms for Your Rental Agreement
Fundamentally, a lease agreement is a legal contract that ensures access to a re...
April 26, 2019
Requiring a Lease Guarantor: A Strategy for Safer ...
Total insurance premiums in 2017 reached nearly $1.2 trillion dollars. Suffice i...
April 11, 2019
A lease is a contractual agreement that dictates a landlord-tenant relationship ...
April 10, 2019
Online Leasing: 5 Common Myths & Misconceptio...
Accessing, signing and storing documents of all kinds online is commonplace in t...
April 10, 2019
Month-to-Month Leases: A Landlord’s Guide
(Note: The terms “fixed” and “annual” leases are used interchangeably. B...
April 3, 2019
What are Individual and Joint Leases?
Primarily, two methods of structuring a lease for multiple tenants are available...
April 3, 2019
Online Leases: How Do They Work?
Online leases are a valuable tool for improving your property management. Among ...
April 3, 2019
Understanding the Importance of a Lease Addendum
Murphy’s Law has several subtle variations, but the general message is as foll...
March 27, 2019
Tenant Screening: Everything You Need to Know
Finding the right tenants and avoiding the bad ones is critical for any landlord...
March 20, 2019
Using Social Media When Screening Tenants
Can I Use Social Media to Screen my Tenants? It’s no secret people love social...
March 13, 2019
Passive Tenant Screening for Better Property Manag...
Active Screening vs. Passive Screening Odds are, you aren’t familiar with ...
March 6, 2019
Fair Housing Laws: What to Know When Screening Ten...
Dealing with a bad tenant is an experience that landlords look to avoid at all c...
February 27, 2019
What Information Should I Require in my Rental App...
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of a rental application when it com...
February 20, 2019
The Cost of Skipping Tenant Screening
Particularly for first time landlords, tenant screening may seem like a waste of...
February 13, 2019
Understanding Background Checks: Eviction and Crim...
Why Background Checks Matter As a landlord, you’re loaning one of your most va...
February 6, 2019
Hard vs. Soft Credit Inquiries: How They Affect Yo...
When you rent your property to a tenant, they agree to pay you a certain amount ...
January 31, 2019
Interpreting Your Tenant’s Credit Report: What Y...
After a lease agreement, a credit report is arguably the most important document...
January 25, 2019
Announcing Innago Tenant Screening
We are proud to announce a major new feature set on Innago: Online Tenant Screen...
July 19, 2018
Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals in R...
We all know the dangers: pets can destroy hardwood floors, tear up carpets, frig...
June 20, 2018
Revamping Commercial Properties for New Use
Major changes in the way people shop, work, and interact have left the commercia...
June 8, 2018
Why Population Growth in the Suburbs is Outpacing ...
During the late nineteenth century, many Americans flocked to cities in search o...
May 31, 2018
Everything you Need to Know Before Renting to Tena...
In 1988, the first year the American Pet Products Association conducted their an...
May 21, 2018
Comparing Commercial Lease Types: Net, Gross, and ...
So you’ve decided to take the plunge into commercial real estate. Investing in...
May 11, 2018
Three Keys to Maintaining a Landlord-Tenant Friend...
As with almost any profession, one of the most important elements of property ma...
May 2, 2018
Understanding the Differences Between Residential ...
Real estate has always been a popular choice for investors looking to diversify ...
April 26, 2018
Four Surefire Ways to Help Increase Rent and Prope...
Whether you’re trying to flip an investment property or looking to increase re...
April 18, 2018
At Innago, we value our users’ opinions and overall experience. We’re consta...
April 13, 2018
How Much Does a School District Affect Property Va...
The question of how much a school district affects property value is murky and h...
April 4, 2018
Free Press: Three Steps to Easily Capitalize When ...
In the age of social media, it’s more important than ever to let no good press...
March 28, 2018
Three Keys to Marketing a Historic Property
Although recent real estate trends have focused on investing in and gentrifying ...
March 22, 2018
6 Tips for Spring Cleaning Your Rental Property
There’s no better time for spring cleaning your rental property than, well...
March 20, 2018
Use Tenant Surveys to Improve Your Rental Business
For almost as long as marketing and sales have existed, businesses have attempte...
March 13, 2018
Putting a Price Tag on Tenant Turnover
In a perfect world, you will find long-term, reliable tenants who pay rent on ti...
March 13, 2018
Rental Property Snow Removal: Whose Responsibility...
Depending on where you live, getting snowed in can be a matter of when, not if. ...
March 9, 2018
Should You Allow Tenants to Have Pets in your Rent...
There are lots of variables to consider when determining whether or not you shou...
March 6, 2018
Using Micro-Targeting to Fill Your Rentals
With the world of advertising seemingly getting turned on its head every month, ...
February 27, 2018
A Landlord’s Guide to Cleaning Appliances
When it comes to cleaning our houses, most of us will concentrate on dusting she...
February 21, 2018
Will Climate Gentrification Affect your Real Estat...
We’ve discussed the numerous ways to stay abreast of the ever-changing real es...
February 14, 2018
Four Things to Remember When Handling Tenant Confl...
We’re all familiar with conflicts between tenants and landlords, and you no do...
February 7, 2018
Four Keys to Preserve Hardwood Floors as a Landlor...
Don’t underestimate the power of a good hardwood floor. Well-kept wood floorin...
February 2, 2018
Four Things to Know When Renting to Elderly Tenant...
Although many might think the average renter is a college student or someone kno...
January 24, 2018
Save on Energy Costs for You and Your Tenants This...
Winter is far from over, which means more salt on the roads and heavy coats out ...
January 19, 2018
Is Proximity to Retail Becoming Less Important to ...
With Amazon continuing to grow, making nearly everything deliverable to your doo...
January 8, 2018
4 Landlording Habits You Should Stick By in 2018
When making your New Year’s resolutions for 2018, eating healthier and going t...
January 5, 2018
What to Ask Yourself Before Signing a Multi-Year L...
Although twelve month lease agreements are the gold standard for property manage...
December 21, 2017
Does Craigslist Work for Rentals Anymore?
Craigslist has long been a go-to spot for quick, easy listings of anything from ...
December 13, 2017
4 Tips for Staging Rentals: Small Changes Make a B...
While some might think that the added process of staging rentals is only importa...
December 6, 2017
Worry-Free Holiday Season Checklist for Landlords
When the holiday season comes around, keeping up with gift-giving, family gather...
November 30, 2017
The Importance of Effective Tenant Communication
Communication and clarity are the backbone of any relationship, personal or prof...
November 21, 2017
Renters Insurance: Why It Isn’t Too Much to Ask
As the number of renters in America has increased in recent years, so has the nu...
November 16, 2017
Tenant’s Furniture Left Behind After Move Out ...
Tenants are prone to leaving things behind during a move out. More often than no...
November 10, 2017
Easy Ways to Add Personality to Your Property List...
There are numerous sites dedicated to helping potential tenants find rental prop...
November 1, 2017
Paint by Renters: 5 Easy Steps to Smartly Let Your...
It’s a familiar situation. You hire professional painters, get the whole inter...
October 25, 2017
How Being a Silent Landlord Can Cause Problems
Nobody understands how busy you are as a property manager or landlord better tha...
October 19, 2017
6 Ways to Increase Revenue That you Might be Missi...
If you’re wondering how to increase your return on property investment, there...
October 11, 2017
Who Should Be the Exterminator: Tenant or Landlor...
After we finished making our first meal in our newly renovated apartment, my gir...
October 4, 2017
Renting Garage Space Out: What do you Need to Know...
Depending on your location, renting garage space is a great and reliable form of...
September 28, 2017
Is it Time to Downsize your Property Portfolio?
Managing a portfolio can take a great deal of effort. On average, you should sho...
September 19, 2017
Networking: A Key for Savvy Landlords
When trying to advance your career or make your next move, the importance of net...
September 14, 2017
Efficient Growth: When Should Landlords Look For S...
Purchasing a rental property is a fantastic way to invest your money. If you own...
September 12, 2017
Apartment Size is Decreasing: Does it Matter?
As new apartment buildings are built, the units on the inside are changing drast...
September 7, 2017
The Dos and Don’ts of a House Showing
It’s little secret that the internet age has fundamentally changed the real es...
August 29, 2017
Online Rent Payments: Commercial Properties, It...
Property managers have been accepting paper checks for their commercial properti...
August 23, 2017
Late Fees: Are you Using them Effectively?
Every landlord has encountered tenants who don’t make paying rent on time a pr...
August 17, 2017
How to Handle Long-Term Guests
As a landlord, finding out that someone has been living on your property unbekno...
August 15, 2017
Backcasting: Analyzing the Past for the Future of ...
You may be unfamiliar with the term backcasting, but if you’ve been in the rea...
August 10, 2017
Effective Marketing: 4 Ways to Improve Your Rental...
Believe it or not, the first ever paid advertisement in the US was for an estate...
August 8, 2017
Moving Out: 5 Ways to Ensure a Smooth Transition B...
Whether it takes place over a day or over a week, handling all the various tasks...
August 2, 2017
Late Fee System and the Innago Solution
A late fee system is an important part of the management process for any landlor...
July 27, 2017
Are Brokers and Leasing Agents Worth the Investmen...
So you’re a landlord with a good amount of vacant units and you’re faced wit...
July 25, 2017
Accepting Rent via Paper Check: What’s it Re...
You’re likely familiar by now with the term ACH. If you are not, an ACH paymen...
July 20, 2017
5 Rental Maintenance Tips For Durable Properties ...
This is the second of a two-part series intended to help you implement preventa...
July 18, 2017
5 Rental Maintenance Tips For Durable Properties &...
This is the first of a two-part series. For the rest of our excellent tips on ...
July 11, 2017
Online Rent Payments: Set a Course for Modern Rent...
Large apartment complexes have been offering online rent payment portals for yea...
July 6, 2017
Subletting: the Good, the Bad, and the Manageable
If you are not already familiar with subletting, now, before your new lease term...
June 29, 2017
Smart Homes & Smart Technology: How They Impa...
We are currently living in a world with smartphones, smart cars, smart televisio...
June 23, 2017
“Landlording” Without Boundaries: Mana...
Choosing to manage rental property into retirement a decade ago was not as possi...
June 16, 2017
Renting to Generation Z: Are You Ready?
The apartment industry has been obsessing over millennials for years. And for go...
June 9, 2017
College-Age Tenants: What to Expect
Understanding your renter is one of the most effective ways to become the best l...
June 1, 2017
3 Overlooked Lease Items You Should Include
Any seasoned landlord knows the importance of an air-tight lease agreement. ...
May 25, 2017
Communicate with Tenants for Pain-Free Management
The way people communicate is constantly changing, especially in 2017, when ther...
May 19, 2017
Using the 1% Rule When Expanding Your Portfolio
Portfolio expansion is always an exciting time for a landlord or property manage...
May 12, 2017
Electronic Signatures Can Be More Secure
When we talk to clients about our online lease signing feature, we receive one o...
May 5, 2017
What the Trump Tax Cuts Mean for Small and Mid-Siz...
On April 26th, 2017, the Trump administration released a first draft of its prop...
April 28, 2017
How to Improve Your Rental Website
As digital searches increase and consumers become decidedly more connected to th...
April 20, 2017
5 Reasons You Should Be Accepting Rent With Credit...
eCommerce is an exploding industry. Merchants and consumers love the convenien...
April 13, 2017
We often get raised eyebrows and funny faces when we tell folks we don’t use c...
March 29, 2017
Introducing Innago: A Fresh Take on Property Manag...
Innago is designed to be flexible, powerful, yet intuitive for every property ma...
March 21, 2017