Property Management Blog

The High Cost of Fair Housing Failures: How Ignorance Can Break the Bank

By Cissell Management Company Friday, March 3, 2023

Mistake #5 - Fair Housing FailuresDiscriminating can cost you tens of thousands of dollars. Unintentionally or unknowingly discriminating can too.Fair Housing Failures is the final mistake in our series of five mistakes that cost rental property owners money.What is the Fair Hous...

Don't Let These Financial Fumbles Cost You Thousands in Real Estate Investing

By Cissell Management Company Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Mistake #4 - Financial FumblesAre you a landlord looking to maximize your profit? Nobody invests in real estate to lose money, regardless of their end goal. Making Financial fumbles is mistake #4 in our series of five mistakes that cost rental property owners money.Are you lookin...

Real Estates Investors: You're leaving thousands on the table by not accepting pets.

By Cissell Management Company Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Mistake #3 - No PetsYour no pet policy is costing you. Not accepting residents with pets is mistake #3 in our series of five mistakes that cost rental owners money.I kept repeatedly running into some of the same issues, and they all dealt with pets. I had to turn away many good a...

Don't make this costly mistake! Residents performing repairs could be draining your profits!

By Cissell Management Company Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Mistake #2 - Taking ShortcutsAs a property owner, you know how time-consuming keeping your property in good condition is. Things break, disasters happen, and they usually don't happen at the best times. Even in normal circumstances, several things need to be done to make sure...

Don't Make This Mistake! Real Estate Investors Learn the Hard Way: Trusting Too Much = Lost $$$

By Cissell Management Company Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Mistake #1 - Trusting Too MuchFACTS. If you don't want to lose money, you must evaluate rental applicants based on facts, not instinct. Trusting too much is mistake #1 of our five mistakes that cost you money series. Let's face it. Trusting your instinct about someone is...

5 Mistakes that Cost Rental Owners Money

By Cissell Management Company Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Mistakes happen when someone lacks knowledge, understanding, and experience. Unfortunately, it's common for us to talk to property owners who have had a problem with a resident. Most of the time, it could have been avoided if, you guessed it, they had more knowledge, understa...

Inherited a Home? 3 Tips for Accidental Landords

By Cissell Management Company Tuesday, May 31, 2022

The accidental landlord might sound like something of a funny term, but it is a situation that a great many Americans find themselves in. 22% of Americans receive an inheritance from a deceased family member, and often this inheritance includes a piece of property. ...

Be a Hands-Free Landlord With These Property Management Tips

By Cissell Management Company Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Are you a landlord looking to reclaim your weekends and have more free time in your business? From finding the right tenants to handling the deposits, rent, and property maintenance, being a landlord is hard work.It can get overwhelming if you have a big property portfolio t...

The Best Types of Investment Property

By Cissell Management Company Wednesday, May 18, 2022

With all of the new investments going around on the news, which is the best to get started with? As a whole, millionaires still agree that real estate is the best investment around for both new and experienced investors.That's great, but what is the best type of property to i...

The Best Places to Invest in Property (2022 Edition)

By Cissell Management Company Thursday, May 12, 2022

What do location and time have in common? They both affect the real estate market.Investing somewhere new is no small feat, especially after a few pandemic years.If you are looking to invest in new properties, make sure you know what's hot this year. To help you narrow down y...

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