We Fix Chimneys too!

February 3, 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute  In the video above, you can see that Jarrett Lau is up on the roof.   Last Saturday morning, we had a little issue with the chimney that deteriorated out.  Masonry is really important to check it all the time so you can avoid these types of issues, especially if it looks worse than…

What Makes a Room a Bedroom

January 29, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes    A room doesn’t always equate to a bedroom. Why? Certain aspects make a room a bedroom. Read on to find out.   #1 A 7 ft. length or width     You need a certain length or width of at least 7 feet. That’s not a very big size bedroom, but it is…

Why Two Means of Egresses is the Safest Way to Go

January 28, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes  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…

Increase Curb Appeal through Common Area Cleaning and Maintenance

January 22, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes  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…

3 Landlord Expenses You Might Not Have Considered

January 20, 2021

Reading Time: 14 minutes  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…

How to Add a Dishwasher

January 18, 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute        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…

How to Reglaze Backsplash Tiles and Tubs to SAVE Money

January 12, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes  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…

Why Property Inspections and Walkthroughs are Important

December 23, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes  The majority of our clients live either out of the state or out of the country. If they don’t live locally, they have other things to do with their time other than walking through their property. Some of them haven’t been in their properties in years, and that is where we help them. We…

Are Tenants Allowed to Have A Grill?

December 22, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Around the spring and summer months, we get this question a lot: “Are Tenants Allowed to Have A Grill?” This is a very tricky question. So in this article, we’re going to be sharing with you how we handle it at Green Ocean Property Management.   In all our leases, we don’t allow grills.…

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