There’s a lot of preparation that goes into having people over for a meal. Especially holiday meals. But how many people are aware of the increased fire risk on these feast days? And even if they...
Property Management
Property Management
10 Holiday Cooking Safety Tips for Your Tenants
The peak day for cooking fires each year is Thanksgiving Day. For this reason, it’s important that your tenant chefs are in a “state of readiness” for the holidays. Here are 10 tips to share with...
10 Ways to Give Thanks to Your Tenants
For most landlords –it’s easy to focus on the tenants that went wrong. Experiences with destroyed carpet, and unpaid rent tend to stick in our minds a lot better than the tenants who pay their rent...
7 Ways to Retain Your Existing Tenants
When your tenants move out, it can cost thousands of dollars in lost revenue, repairs, renovations, and marketing to get your property re-rented. A hallmark 1987 study by Walker Research identified...
Think Realty Welcomes Linda Liberatore to Resident Expert Team
Linda Liberatore, challenge-seeker, mother, teacher, and founder and president of Secure Pay One Inc., is the newest addition to the Resident Experts at Think Realty. “I’m so passionate about...
Serial Squatters are a Nightmare for Landlords
A couple who appeared to be the perfect potential tenants have turned out to be nightmare renters. They’ve taken more than one North Texas landlord for a ride. In their most recent escapade, they...
Pop-Up Shops: A Vital Commercial Tenant
Derelict and distressed properties can lead to the downward spiral in property value for residential neighborhoods. When it comes to the commercial side of real estate investing, empty retail space...
Tools for Property Management Mean Profit Growth
“We are an instant society,” Linda Liberatore, founder and president of SecurePayOne, started out in her presentation on saving hundreds of dollars each month by making simple adjustments to your...
Rent Control Breeds Crime – MIT Research Study
MIT researchers are adding to the debate on rent control with a new paper on the relationship between rent control and crime. While many people feel rent control keeps people off the streets and...
Think Realty’s Guidebook to Turnkey Rental Real Estate
Turnkey Property: A turnkey property has historically been defined as a piece of real estate that can be purchased as-is and immediately rented out. Turnkey has expanded in recent years to include...
