Are Your Investment Properties Ready for Hurricane Season?
With hurricane season right around the corner, it is important to ensure that your investment properties are well protected. This means both physically, as well as financially. While there is no way to prevent a hurricane from happening, being as prepared as possible...
Creating an Effective Listing for Your Rental Property
Regardless of whether you own just one rental property, or multiple units, the key to profiting is to ensure that your investment(s) is / are filled with good-paying tenants who will take good care of the property. The first step in accomplishing this is to create an...
Where to Purchase Your First (or Next) Orlando Rental Property
As one of the most popular vacation spots in the world, Orlando attracts millions of both temporary and permanent residents every year – and those who plan to stay for the longer term will oftentimes be seeking a place to stay. With that in mind, if you’ve...
Hurricanes and Home Owners Insurance – What Florida Landlords Need to Know
As the owner of rental property in Florida, the prediction that 2018 may bring about an active hurricane season is not likely good news for you. But, being properly prepared for heavy storms can help you to at least reduce some of the possible damage, as well as the...
Are Multi-Unit Properties Worth the Added Time and Effort?
For many real estate investors, the question of whether to purchase single-family or multi-unit properties can be daunting. For example, on the one hand, the value of single-family homes can oftentimes rise faster than their multi-unit counterparts. On the other hand,...
Florida Landlords and the Fair Housing Laws
Being a landlord can come with a long list of responsibilities. These include abiding by the state and federal fair housing laws. For instance, the U.S. Fair Housing Act is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in home rentals (as well as home sales and...
The Pros and Cons of Offering Furnished Rental Property
As a rental property owner, you want to ensure that you are attracting the best tenants who are both willing and able to pay a fair rent, and ideally who will also keep your investment in good shape while residing there. In attracting tenants, you may have considered...
Rental Property With More
For some tenants, simply finding temporary (or even longer-term) housing at a reasonable monthly rent rate is the goal – and, as long as the space and other amenities are suitable, all will work out fine. But in some cases, tenants may want more – in terms...