Austin, TX Property Management Blog

Landlord Burns Down Leander Rental

System - Friday, July 20, 2018

As a landlord, you may deal with problem tenants once or twice in your property's lifetime. If the way you screen tenants is poor it could happen more often than that. However, these problems all have a solution, even if that means performing an eviction to reclaim your property.

In an ever-connected world like ours where a camera is always recording or someone with a cellphone only several feet away, setting fire to your own Leander rental property isn't the best idea. Well, that's exactly what this landlord in Leander, Texas did. Fed up with his tenants and their inability to pay he set fire to his rental home with tiki torches while the tenants were inside. Below is the video provided From Austin's KXAN news network.

</div> <div class="blog-post"> <h2 class="post-title"> <a href="/austin-property-management-blog/how-to-accurately-price-your-austin-rental-home">How To (Accurately) Price Your Austin Rental Home</a> </h2> <div class="post-details"> System - Monday, July 16, 2018 </div> <div class="post-body"> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/images/blog/how-to-accurately-price-your-austin-rental-home_1.jpg" style="width: 570px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" data-linkrel="/images/blog/how-to-accurately-price-your-austin-rental-home_1.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>Let’s imagine you just closed on your first investment property. You’re feeling great about acquiring assets and building your real estate portfolio. Your plan is to get your property ready for use and place a tenant as quickly as possible. Wait.. <em>do you even know how much your property is going to rent for?</em></p><p>You might have worked with a Realtor when purchasing this home, and since you knew it would be an investment you could have had them run the comps for letting you know what you might get from your investment every month before you even purchased the property.</p><p>What if you didn’t though? Just look around online and see what you find and slap a price on it? Not so fast! Everyone has an idea what they want out of their rental property every single month, but is it justified? Price your rental to low and then you’re stuck receiving less than market rate on your investment. Price yourself to high and you’re property could sit there vacant with you floating the payment every month. There’s a process to accurately pricing your rental so that you receive the most money possible every month it’s occupied.</p><p>Be wary of using the large real estate websites such as Zillo... </div> </div> <div class="clr"></div> <div class="blog-post"> <h2 class="post-title"> <a href="/austin-property-management-blog/hutto-home-for-rent-312-blackman-trail">Hutto Home For Rent: 312 Blackman Trail</a> </h2> <div class="post-details"> System - Monday, July 16, 2018 </div> <div class="post-body"> <p><span class="fr-video fr-fvc fr-dvi fr-draggable" contenteditable="false"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGkbLhPySFM?ecver=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable">

312 Blackman Trail, Hutto, TX 78634

Hutto Homes For Rent

Austin Home for Rent: 2000 White Dove Pass

System - Monday, July 9, 2018

2000 White Dove Pass, Austin, TX 78734

Austin Homes for Rent

Round Rock Home For Rent: 913 Kenneys Way

System - Wednesday, June 27, 2018

913 Kenneys Way, Round Rock, TX 78665

Round Rock Homes for Rent

Why You Should Allow Pets in Your Austin Rental Property

System - Tuesday, June 26, 2018

If you own or are considering purchasing a rental property in Austin, Texas there will come a time when you have to decide to either allow or not allow pets to live in the property with your tenants. This decision can be an important one. Yes they can cause damage, but so can tenants and they are what makes your property profitable. In cities like Austin where the majority of businesses are considered ‘pet-friendly’, not allowing pets in your property can harm you in many areas of owning a rental property.

Here are some benefits of allowing tenants to have pets in your Austin, Texas rental home:

More Money

The rent money that comes in every single month is what makes this all worth it, and increasing this number is always a priority of you, the owner. Sure, a typical renewal will come with a standard 2% increase to rent amount every single year, but allowing pets is a sure fire way to increase your rental rate right now.

With the inclusion of pets at your property this will allow you to collect a pet deposit and pet rent. Even at $30/mo, this pet rent could add up to $360 in extra income every single year!

Austin Rental Home: 4501 Caswell

System - Friday, June 22, 2018

4501 Caswell, Austin, TX 78751

Austin Homes For Rent

An Overview of Austin Property Management

System - Tuesday, June 19, 2018

We talk to many owners and investors in the Austin area who have interest in property management for their properties in the Austin, Texas region. Everyone is in search of different levels of service and one owner may have needs that another doesn’t. Property management companies are pretty adaptable and can work with the landlords to customer tailor their services to their needs.

There is no denying Austin is a rental city with hordes of real estate investors flocking to the region for the past two decades. The majority of these investors are going to be located out of state and require a more hands-on property manager than those who are local owners. As an owner of rental properties located elsewhere, what should you expect from an Austin property manager? Below we review the A to Z of Austin Property Management!

Rent

When you own a rental property your favorite word is ‘rent’. It’s the stuff that keeps coming every month that makes your rental property a passive income asset. So when it comes to the rent for your property, what are a manager’s responsibilities?

Setting Your Rental Rate: Calculating the rental amount for your property is more than just slapping a number on it and hoping it sticks and someone pays it. A multitude of outside factors are considered when determining this amount: location, comparable properties, school districts, ...