Property Management Blog

What NYC Mold Rules Ask of a Brownstone LandlordOld rental stock in New York holds moisture very well. Brownstones and walk-ups combine masonry, original plaster and plumbing that has been rerouted more than once. A damp patch in a rear bedroom is an operating problem, and in thi...

Moving out involves more than packing boxes and handing over the keys. Renters also have to arrange utilities, coordinate the move, sort through belongings, and prepare the property for its final inspection. Among all those responsibilities, cleaning can quickly become one of the...

Taima Titanium makes pans with a pure titanium cooking surface instead of a nonstick coating. I bought the 8-piece Pure Titanium Signature Pan Complete Set for $599 and I've been cooking on it since early summer. Here's how it went.At a glanceWhat it isAn 8-piece set with...

Homes in Rowlett face a plumbing challenge that starts beneath the floor and develops quietly. Seasonal moisture swings can make local soil expand, contract, and press against buried water lines. A pipe may weaken for months before damp flooring, warm spots, or an unexplained wat...

Homeowners in Castroville depend on reliable cooling through hot summers, yet comfort becomes expensive when HVAC equipment works harder than necessary. A heat pump can manage cooling and heating efficiently, but the equipment alone does not guarantee lower utility costs. Install...

Your super walks down to the boiler room twice a day. Ten minutes each time. He looks at the gauges, listens for anything ugly, signs the log, goes back upstairs.That's 20 minutes out of 1,440. Roughly 1.4 percent of the day.Now stretch it across a New York heating season, wh...

A comfortable house makes heating and cooling seem almost ridiculously simple. Set the thermostat to 72, wait a little while, and the room eventually becomes 72. From the homeowner's side of the wall, there isn't much more to think about. Behind that simple result, howeve...

Considering being a landlord an alluring money-maker? In reality, it requires diverse skills, including dealing with people's expectations and feeling out the market's strengths and weaknesses, while maintaining tight control over finances. Economic crises, recessions, po...

Do Tenant Appliances Put Renters on the Hook for Water Damage?That faint drip behind your shower wall is the most expensive sound in a rental property. A 2016 study by the Environmental Protection Agency (epa.gov) found that household leaks can waste nearly 10,000 gallons of wate...

You finally get the keys to your new home, only to discover that some rooms feel colder than others, drafts creep in around the windows, and the energy bills are higher than you expected. For homeowners in Nanaimo, BC, that can be especially frustrating when the goal was to build...