Why Two Means of Egresses is the Safest Way to Go
Our founder, Jarrett Lau, walks through dozens of properties every month for his prospective clients to make sure each property is safe, secure, and most importantly legal in the city. We’ve seen a property that had both a basement and an attic built on it. The first thing we noticed was the means of…
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The Truth About Hot Water Tank Warranties
When you purchase a hot water tank they’re going to give you options of 6, 10, 12 years, typically at 6 or 10, and the price incremental isn’t that big, $100 or maybe $250 most, but it is something to consider. A lot of our landlords go, “Wow, if I can get an additional…
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The Pros and Cons of Multi-Year Lease
A lease is an agreement between, the landlord or the property manager, and the tenant. One of the most important aspects of it is the duration. Typically in Massachusetts, we have a 12-month lease, but we want to make sure that our leases will always end anywhere between June, July, August, or September. Sometimes,…
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Increase Curb Appeal through Common Area Cleaning and Maintenance
In today’s article, we’re going to be covering common area cleaning, maintenance and upkeep. Of course, it’s a cost and we understand that since our founder, Jarrett Lau, is an investor and a landlord. Our job is to be able to maximize the actual income that you have coming into your property. More importantly…
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What is The Best Way To Maintain Washer and Dryer
As property managers, we try to help our landlords and tenants in extending the life cycle of any type of appliance in their homes. Although it is used in most homes by many, some landlords switch to coin-op laundryin their apartments instead of individual washers and dryers. There are a lot of benefits that come…
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3 Landlord Expenses You Might Not Have Considered
Our job as a property manager is to make as much money as possible with your property. and that means maximizing your income and minimizing your expenses, but our founder, Jarrett Lau, runs a company as well and has to make sure that his people are taken care of and we do things such…
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How to Add a Dishwasher
Easy way of adding a dishwasher What we will do is work on the necessary electrical and plumbing behind the countertop. Once done, we will slide in a dishwasher then we will make sure that it looks good and looks like the rest of the cabinets. This is…
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How to Maintain and Improve Your Cash Flow
Your investment property is probably one of the most expensive assets that you have. You may have bought it or kept it because you want to make money out of it. But managing an investment property requires a lot of planning and budgeting. At the end of the day, you need to know your…
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How to Reglaze Backsplash Tiles and Tubs to SAVE Money
People are taking showers, washing their dirty bodies every day, resulting in tubs and tiles stains. It gets discolored, grimy, and dirty. This isn’t very interesting to most prospective renters or anybody who is living in the unit, so probably every 4 or 5 years, depending upon the usage, we’re going to go in…