I am requesting feedback from landlords on what they might do if they were in this situation. Or, what I should do and how my next conversation with my landlord should play out. My family and I just moved 1000 miles across the country into our new house. I found the home on Zillow and was able to contact the property manager immediately. We conducted a virtual walk through of the home on March 25th, where the tenant was moved out and the house completely vacant. She was requesting an April 5th possession/lease start date. We were fine with that as we were getting into town April 8th. I get it ..read more

Hopefully this is the right sub to post! I'm starting to help the family manage a couple of properties. Curious what software people use. Very unique situation for me here, meaning I help manage several properties across different countries (e.g. US, Canada, and UK). Currently, parents are handling the taxes side of things + finding tenants (I sometimes help do the showing for properties where we are not using an agent, in those cases I'm using text with the agent). They also live remotely so at times it's difficult to "track" everything Things I'm starting to help with: Finding & negoti ..read more

Hello all, Love the financial, operational, project management aspects of property management but unfortunately this industry seems very stuck in its ways of not allowing any flexible scheduling/remote work. It's frustrating coming to a leasing office every day; not only are we working on-site somewhere, we can be interrupted by any number of issues at any time. Even away from the office, emergencies and abusive emails/voicemails constantly occur. It's terrible for work-life balance and mental health. On top of that, residents are soul sucking demons. Looking for recommendations on remote/hyb ..read more

I recently got a job offer from Thrive Communities in Washington state at an apartment complex. I have to do a drug test tomorrow but I haven't asked if they test for mairjuana because I don't want that to be a red flag for them. :/ Does anybody who works for Thrive Communities know if they tested you for marijuana? submitted by /u/Gold-Willingness-428 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Backstory: I live in a mix-use building (commercial spaces below, residential above) in Los Angeles county. The building was sold back in 2020 and placed under a new property management company. As the leases have come up for renewal for the business below, the owners have chosen to leave because new PM has raised prices by thousands of dollars (I've lived here for years and know the owners). So of the 12 commercial spaces, 4 have been empty (the longest empty for 4 years, the shortest for 6 months). Of the 12 residential units, 3 have been empty (the longest for a year, the shortest 6 months ..read more

Hey y'all. The property management company that we work with requires that potential tenants submit their kids' report cards as part of the application process. An applicant just told me that this is illegal. Is that true? submitted by /u/GreenCommons [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Sorry if this isn’t the right place for this but not sure where else to go. Basically I’m thinking of buying a property which runs on electrical heating, however the electricity, water supply and plumbing has all been turned off and drained for around 6 months. What are the potential “dangers” of it being turned off for so long? If I’m in the wrong place for this type of thing a point in the direction would be much appreciated, thanks! submitted by /u/Secret_Literature739 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Guys I need some help/advice. So I’m pretty new to property management. I’ve been an assistant property manager in Seattle for a year now, but in my situation, as a resident for my own apartment and I don’t know what to do. Back in July 2023, the office staff sent out an email letting us know that they had to do an emergency water shut off on the entire property and my upstairs neighbor left her faucet on, so when they turned the water back on, it flooded her bathroom, causing it to leak into my bathroom. The maintenance techs came to deal with the leak that same day bc obviously it was an em ..read more

I am a PM that's uses Showmojo as my scheduling and marketing software for my listings. Overall it's a great product. However I run into constant problems with using their application screening service for credit and criminal background searches. Constant no reports found. Support just blames Experian. I end up refunding the applicant which costs me out of pocket. The only reason I keep using it, is because I can incorporate my application fee into the total cost of running the screening. And when it does work, it works just fine. Does anyone have an online application/screening service they ..read more