The Key to Rentals

Your buyer’s real estate agent should be working for you!If you call your real estate agent and tell them, “We found a house we want to buy”, and their response to you is, “Great! Let’s write an offer!”, you may need a new real estate agent. You definitely should have an agent working on your behalf tho...

Communication / Texting The past couple decades have dramatically changed how we communicate. Emails are no longer a novelty or even preferred. For most of us the days of our dial-up modem connecting to our ISP and waiting for emails to download are gone. Hopefully the “Teddy Bears and Hugs” emails with pictures from your Aunt...

FIND MONEY! Check for subscriptions you lost track of: TV Channels - go into your Amazon or other provider account. Look at memberships and subscriptions to see what you are being billed.  Do you really watch those channels?  Check your credit card too.  Some channels like Netflix or Hulu may bill directly.  Perhaps yo...

Does your property manager do “self-showings”? When your property is listed for rent, how do you want access to your property granted to potential tenants?  The onset of Covid-19 brought about the need to reduce contact with other people. The real estate industry responded with some efficiencies that included pre-screenin...

Landlords have many concerns when screening for tenants. Can they pay? This is a major consideration.Determining if a tenant applicant can afford to pay the monthly rent is one of the first and most critical steps a landlord will take in reviewing an application. Even if a tenant has the best of intentions, if there is not enough mon...

Pets vs. Service Animals vs. Assistance Animals.         People with real estate training may recall that “service animals” are dogs trained to do work for a person with a disability. That is still true, but an “assistance animal” can include much more. Assistance animals are recognized by ...

When shopping for a rental, accepting pets is one of the most important items considered by tenants. According to The Insurance Information Institute 67% of U.S. households have a pet. With so many families having pets, landlords should want to permit them, right? Yes, and no. Landlords need tenants, and many of them are receptive to pets...

The past couple years have been very challenging for landlords.  Landlords are having a difficult time navigating legislative changes in New York State, and many have not been receiving rent for a long time due to the ongoing eviction moratorium.Another challenge is facing landlords and property managers.  There is currently leg...

Much has been said about the low inventory of homes available for purchase.  What about rentals though?This graph is showing the total active Realtor listings for residential rental units in Monroe, Erie, and Onondaga Counties (Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse).  The two obvious takeaways from the chart are that there is a downward ...

If you regularly travel though Pittsford, NY, you are probably aware that the Route 31 bridge over the canal is closed and traffic is being detoured. The bridge repair project follows the Victor, NY roundabout project that sent travelers well out of their way, and the Fairport, NY Lift Bridge repair that has been going on for what feels l...