Improvement & Maintenance
Learn about key tools that will help you renovate and maintain your real estate investment property, from budget-friendly appliances and flooring, to equipment rental, lawncare, and more.
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Improvement & Maintenance
Learn about key tools that will help you renovate and maintain your real estate investment property, from budget-friendly appliances and flooring, to equipment rental, lawncare, and more.
Back To: All Topics | Products & Services
Prepare for the Busy Rental Period to Shorten Vacancies
During the winter months, many properties see their lowest rental rates, negatively affecting the overall cashflow for the owner. In some areas, rain and snow have also taken their toll on the property, leaving it less favorable going into the busiest rental season. Leasing the property in this condition could ...
Spring Cleaning: Inspect Your Rental Properties Annually
Springtime ushers in warmer days and blooming trees. It’s also a strategic time of year to inspect the overall health of your rental property. You should ensure you are scheduling time annually to perform property inspections checks; specifically, spring is a good time of year to inspect for any damage ...
Gone are the days of unwieldy key rings and locksmiths on speed dial. Unified access control is an all-in-one solution for property owners and managers to control every point of access throughout a building from one integrated platform. With unified access control, owners and operators can easily manage everyday access ...
6 Must-Haves for First Time Home Owners
One of the most exciting times in your life is when you finally buy your first home. It’s a huge financial investment, but well worth it for many people. Not only does it alleviate the burden of finding places to rent that will accept your pets, but you can also ...
Extreme Makeover: Creativity Is a Must!
Almost all extreme makeovers require one thing: creativity. How creative you can ultimately be determines whether you can pull off a project as large and as complex as an extreme makeover! Getting creative means more than coming up with great designs, however. It also means being able to work outside ...
Are Your Rental Properties Ready for Winter?
The changing seasons and the cooling weather remind us that winter is coming. Before it arrives, there are some important maintenance tasks to perform to protect your rental properties from winter weather. One way to prepare your rental properties for winter is to drain and shut off your sprinkler system ...
13 Best ROI Updates for Flippers
A good house flipper typically takes a subpar property and turns it into a highly desirable one, essentially turning a frog into a prince. Still, house flippers must walk a fine line between improving a property enough to attract buyers and keeping costs low enough to preserve their profits. The ...
The Real Difference: Property Management Made Easy
Owning rental properties requires significant commitment and upkeep; the volume of tasks required to keep your rental home in good shape and always leased can sometimes seem overwhelming. Hiring a professional property management company like Real Property Management that can perform almost all the work needed to protect your rental ...
Learning About These Electrical Installation Rules Could Make Your Life Easier
Electricity is a necessary convenience for our homes. Knowing the electrical safety of the property or home you own or rent out is vitally important. As a landlord, you are legally obligated to keep your property inhabitable and safe for tenants. If you are a landlord, our article outlines several ...
Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Interior Designer?
Have you ever thought about being an interior designer? With HGTV and the Magnolia Network making design such a hot topic, it seems a lot of people are asking, “Do I have what it takes to be an interior designer?” Let’s answer that by asking a few more questions: Do ...
Best ROI Optimization Strategies for Single-Family Rental Property Owners
There’s no doubt that the real estate market has faced some unprecedented challenges in the last few years. For single-family rental property owners, those challenges have brought about many changes, as well. Volatile markets, economic concerns, and a societal shift in personal and professional priorities have all demanded resilience from ...
Certified Asthma and Allergy Friendly Means Healthier Indoor Air for Everyone
If the global pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that good air quality, especially good indoor air quality, is paramount. In fact, a recent report in The Lancet predicted that climate change events like wildfires, rising pollen, ill health due to rising humidity, and the presence of harmful particulate matter ...
Essential Things Every New Homeowner Should Do
Every person dreams of owning their home. People work hard to make their dreams come true. Some can construct their house from the first dig to the last brick, however, others may find it more suitable to buy a ready-made house. Whatever the way you choose, becoming a new homeowner ...
Pros and Cons: Keyless Entry and Smart Locks for Rental Properties
When it comes to your rental property, there are a lot of decisions that need to be made to make the home as appealing as possible to potential residents. One of the most important decisions is whether or not to install keyless entry or smart locks on the doors. There ...
Inflation-proofing Your Renovation Budget
Real estate investors who renovate and redesign for retail are in the business for more than just numbers. Being able to see past layers of chipped paint, rusted hardware, and DIY fails to spot potential brings a satisfaction beyond the paycheck at the close of a deal. The manifestation of ...
6 Signs It’s Time To Replace Your Property’s Air Filters
Your air filter is critical to the efficient operation of your HVAC system. Its primary role is to keep an area safe from contaminated air, allowing cooler air to enter instead. Dirt and tiny debris can degrade your system's performance and put your family's health at risk. Changing the air ...
Springtime Property Inspections
Springtime ushers in warmer days and blooming trees. It’s also a strategic time of year to inspect the overall health of your rental property. You should ensure you are scheduling time annually to perform property inspections checks; specifically, spring is a good time of year to inspect for any damage ...
Think Realty Podcast #214 – Think Savings!
Did you know just by being a Think Realty member, you can save money at some of the nation’s top suppliers? From paint, flooring, and appliances for your fix and flips to the myriad benefits of group purchasing nationwide, you can manage your costs and keep more money in your ...
Technology for Sustainable Communities
In nearly every industry the trend has been for smaller, customized, agile, and modular capabilities. Even in real estate we now see planned developments with retail, office, and housing co-located. And everywhere that these types of approaches are used they result in better, more robust products. They make life better ...
Smart Tech for Build-to-Rent Investors
The real estate boom hasn’t been kind to everyone, and many people who were saving to buy homes have found themselves unable to afford anything — even in smaller, lesser-known markets. For example, Boise, Idaho, Wichita, Kansas, and Dayton, Ohio, have seen median housing prices increase year over year by ...
Alternative Construction Methods Reduce Emissions
We need housing. The U.S. is underbuilt by 5.5 million housing units (at least). And yet, we also have a global imperative to reduce emissions into the atmosphere, especially carbon emissions. Is there any way to create this housing without adding to carbon emissions? Can we get to “net zero” ...
Increase Your ROI with Architects and Designers
In one of the hottest real estate markets in the country, Tampa, FL, my wife Gloria Kloter and I launched Glow Architects. With her background as an award-winning architect, being in the industry since 2004, and having a variety of exposure to different design styles, we were poised to take ...
Custom Furniture Printed for Your Home
On February I wrote about 3D printed houses and how they can help to address the affordable housing crisis while also being unique and beautiful works of art. But the technology has widespread applications beyond houses. Already today there are companies creating stylish furnishings that are 3D printed. And many ...
Think Realty Podcast #160 – Go Pro
Flippers, contractors, rental property owners: Are you getting the best deals on building materials? Finding the best deals means finding the best partnership. A national wholesaler of building supplies, Home Depot Pro has 60 warehouses nationwide that stock supplies not found in Home Depot stores. They deal direct, they deliver ...
Think Realty Podcast #158 – Color Clarity for Your Properties
Make your properties pop with the right paint colors! This episode explains all the reasons why real estate investors should care about color! When you find out upcoming color forecasts, you’ll be at the forefront of relevant real estate trends. Sue Wadden, color expert from Think Realty partner Sherwin-Williams, is ...
