There are several incentives you can give your best tenants to encourage them to stay in your home, pay rent on time and take care of the property. Allowing your tenants to do these things will relieve you from some of the headaches that property owners can have when they rent out houses. One of [...]
How to be a Landlord in Tampa – Who is Responsible for Yard and Pool?
When you rent out property with yard space or a pool, you should have something in place that stipulates how those things are cared for. You don’t’ have to have an elaborate policy in place, but you want to be clear. Here are some tips on dealing with pools and yards. Yard In Florida, yards [...]
Tampa Property Management Advice – Master Leases and How They Work
As a property manager, this is one tool in my toolbox and it often works out a lot better for all parties involved than doing a standard management agreement, where I would be an agent for you. A master lease puts me, the property manager, in as principal. I become the landlord to the tenants [...]
How to be a Landlord in Tampa – Storing Personal Property On-Site
Something I want to bring to your attention in case you can use this information is the subject of personal property. We have found that sometimes, property owners like to store personal property at the investment homes they rent out to other people. I have to tell you, it’s not the right thing to do, [...]
Tampa Property Management How To: Get your Property Rent Ready
At Cavalier Estates, we get a lot of questions from property owners from time to time, and one question we get a lot is how do you ensure your property is ready to rent? It seems like cleaning up your home and putting it on the rental market should be easy, but it can be [...]
How do you Handle Late Rent as a Tampa Property Manager
What do you do as a landlord in Tampa when your tenant does not pay rent? Late fees are fine, but it’s important to make sure you get your rent as quickly as possible. Sometimes, you’ll get advance notice and a tenant will call you with an explanation for why rent will be late. I’ve [...]
The Importance of a Good Pet Policy for Tampa Landlords
When we talk about dogs, cats, birds, snakes, fish and other types of pets, it’s hard to like the idea of any of them living in my rental property. However, they do have some benefits if you can take them. You just have to make sure you have a good pet policy in place. The [...]
Tampa Investment Property How-To: Renting your Property Quickly
At Cavalier Estates, we have a great technique that can help you get your property rented quickly and keep it rented. As soon as we get notice from tenants that they’re moving out, we ask them to help us show the home. We always expect the tenant to be an on-site property manager, so it’s [...]
How to Handle Tenant Eviction in Tampa
Today we’re talking about evictions, and there is no way I want to go to court to evict somebody. It costs too much money, it’s a pain to deal with and it’s time consuming. I’ve done them, but I don’t like it. I don’t even like hiring someone else to do it. There are some [...]
Tampa Property Management How-To: All about Inspections
One of the biggest problems a property owner faces is often inspections. Inspecting homes and dealing with the issues that come with inspections can sometimes be a waste of time. At Cavalier Estates, we don’t do them unless we feel they are necessary. We put a lot of time into checking out a tenant and [...]
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