If you take care of things, they last. If you take care of your rental properties, you're likely to minimize tenant turnaround by attracting long-term renters. Bonus: well-maintained rentals never stay vacant for too long.

Because minor damages and poor maintenance often lead to dangerous consequences, let's go over a few issues that can affect your rentals if they are not taken seriously. If you discover any of the following hassles with your own home or the rentals you manage, the best thing you can do is quickly take measures to prevent further damages and inconveniences.

Halloween is just around the corner, so it's high time to decorate your rentals (if you haven't done it yet). To do so, you will need to use your creativity and bring several pumpkins to make the rental look fabulous for the Halloween season. You might ask why. Well, there is an unspoken competition among tenants for the best Halloween decorations.

Read more at https://www.tenantcloud.com/blog/this-is-halloween-spookify-your-rental-in-three-simple-steps

The way you organize your schedule says a lot about you as a DIY landlord or property manager. Effective time management allows you to completely take control of your schedule and therefore boost personal productivity. Do you currently manage your time efficiently and prioritize the most important tasks? If not, what's missing from your daily routine?

Without writing a complete book on the topic, let's dive a little deeper beyond the cliche advice you find all over the internet and explore the first step towards instantly making your rental memorable, not forgettable (or worse, ignorable).

More at https://www.tenantcloud.com/blog/three-marketing-principles-to-instantly-make-your-rental-memorable

Good news: Fall is finally here! If you've already taken care of your fall maintenance, it's high time to add some autumn spirit to your home. Easy fall decorations, classic fall dishes, and a few relaxing songs will help you and your tenants to feel the autumn spirit.

No one can deny that thanks to technology, the property management industry has been noticeably modified. Landlords today are more tech-savvy than only a few decades ago. On top of that, they've become more concerned with the impact of their rental business on the environment. Because of this, paper lease agreements have in many cases been replaced with online documents. But that's not the only advantage to using online lease agreements.

Read more at https://www.tenantcloud.com/blog/how-online-leases-are-stealing-the-show

If moving seems too daunting for your tenants, don't panic! Being prepared for this journey is half the battle. Encourage your tenants to make a checklist and stick to it.

Fall is just around the corner, so now is a great time to prepare your rentals for the coming season. The more you pay attention to interior and exterior details of your rental properties before the first leaves start to fall, the fewer maintenance requests you'll receive in the dead of autumn.

Read more in our blog post: https://www.tenantcloud.com/blog/fall-is-coming-five-ultimate-home-maintenance-tips

As a landlord, you're allowed to set the rules and regulations at your rental properties. If you're not okay with your tenants having pets in the apartment, no worries. A no-pet policy will help you to specify this. But the policy can't be applied to tenants who have a medical need for an animal. In that case, you're dealing with service and emotional support animals that aren't considered pets.

It may be simpler than you think. It may also be a bit harsher than you anticipated. But it's necessary to address the proverbial elephant in the leasing office in order to get to the source of this disappointing experience - why you lost the sale. There can be many reasons that tenants walk away from applying for your rental, but in the following podcast, we'd like to focus on the three most common reasons.