How We Pay our Landlords
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are different ways in which landlords or property managers collect rent from their tenants. In today’s article, we share with you the most effective strategy we use to pay our landlords here at Green Ocean Property Management. Many landlords who have been managing their properties themselves are very used to either getting checks,…
Top 3 Proactive Maintenance Tips for Every Home
Reading Time: 4 minutes In today’s article, we share the top three proactive maintenance tips that have been proven and tested to save us money on repairs. We at Green Ocean Property Management do these for every single multi-family unit we manage. Generally, it is our job as property managers to be proactive about these things. We…
5 Benefits of Hiring a LOCAL Property Manager
Reading Time: 3 minutes When choosing your property managers, there are some factors to consider. Hiring a property manager who is based within close proximity of your investment property proves to have more benefits than one who is 45-50 minutes away from you. Sure, their rates might be cheaper – because everything outside the city is typically cheaper…
Keeping Things Organized in Property Management
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here at Green Ocean Property Management, we are asked all the time how we keep things organized. Well, nothing beats learning it through years of experience. And in our four decades of managing hundreds of properties, we have come to know what works and what doesn’t. So, how do we make sure that…
How to handle a lease break
Reading Time: 3 minutes A lease break is when a tenant or property manager/owner ends a fixed-term agreement before its end date without sufficient grounds. It can happen for a multitude of reasons. Maybe the tenant gets a new job out of state and they have to leave. Maybe a relationship has gone bad, like a boyfriend and…
Reasons to Conduct Property Inspections
Reading Time: 3 minutes Your property is an investment, and the more you take care of it, the more you can expect it to give you higher returns. Conducting regular inspections allows landlords to keep their property in tip-top shape and maintain – if not improve – its value. In today’s article, we explain why property inspections are…
How We Do Water Mitigation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nobody likes waterfloods. Unfortunately, if that happens, you don’t know which is more annoying: cleaning up and drying out everything that got wet or dealing with the insurance company to justify the work that needs to get done. Here, we talk all about those and how we do water mitigation at Green Ocean Property…
Understanding Tenant Move-in Fees
Reading Time: 24 minutes Landlords usually charge a specific rate when a tenant signs a new lease. The tenant move-in fees typically cover the costs of accommodating and processing new tenants, including touch-ups and minor changes such as changing directories and reprogramming security systems. But what exactly do these move-in fees encompass, and how do…
3 Ways to Make More Money with a Property Manager
Reading Time: 2 minutes You might be wondering about whether or not you need a property manager. And we get it: it’s a lot to think about, and more importantly, it will incur additional expenses. Of course, management and everything in this world has a cost but what do you get in return for it? To ease…
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