by Leila Mortaz | May 7, 2014 | Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), Tenant Screening
Are you managing your own rentals in Silicon Valley? Do you have single family rental homes? Well, here’s a neat service by a company called Cozy. Funded by Google Ventures, Cozy with offices in San Francisco and Portland has some unique features that should...
by Leila Mortaz | Mar 27, 2014 | Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), Tenant Screening
If you market your own properties for rent, you might be well advised to take the Zilow Quiz for Property Owners. The quiz will test your knowledge of the Fair Housing laws which are developed Federal Agency that monitors discrimination based on based on their sex,...
by Leila Mortaz | Mar 16, 2014 | Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Rental, Tenant Screening
If you have a rental property in Los Gatos and want to do your own tenant screening, you need to recognize that Top 6 questions to avoid. The Department of Fair Housing which is a Federal Agency requires that no tenant should be denied housing based on their sex,...
by Leila Mortaz | Mar 16, 2014 | Los Gatos Fixer Upper, Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), Tenant Screening
Shortage available homes for rent continued in 2013 and we had more rental applicants than homes to rent them. The out of balance picture of demand vs supply was one of the critical factors we were able to increase our clients rental income by 7-10% in 2014. In one...
by Leila Mortaz | Jan 11, 2014 | Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Rental, Tenant Screening
With the shortage of rental inventories, most of our rental properties are over-subscribed with too many applicants for each home. However, each person who expresses an interest in the property has the right to see and preview the property. And if you neglect to...
by SalesDude | Jan 5, 2014 | Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Rental, Tenant Screening
While there are good cases to be made for home owners to manage their own properties; there are better reasons to outsource this task to a Property Manager. In fact, tenant screening is one such reason where home owners could find themselves in serious trouble with...
