The Landlord Times Metro is the journal for landlords, property managers, multifamily investors, apartment owners and other real estate professionals in the Portland metro area.

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Spring has sprung and so have leaks, cracks, weeds, you name it

Spring has sprung… it’s maintenance season! After the winter thaw come the winds, the rain, the leaky pipes and roofs, the cracked paint, the weed surge, the potholes, need I say more? It’s a time when property maintenance becomes a frantic rush to stay ahead of the routine schedule, so you can also tackle the unplanned issues.

This is also a time that puts your retention rates at risk.

The Landlord Times is the business journal for the Willamette Valley multifamily and rental housing industry.

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Being on Mt. Si always makes me think about the television show, Twin Peaks. Fortunately, we don't need the help of Special Agent Dale Cooper to find twin peaks in today's apartment market. Let's face it, apartments aren't as complicated as investigating the murder of a homecoming queen.

Home Prices in Most Markets Still Look Attractive Based on Historical Highs

DALLAS, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the record-setting increases in home prices this year, there is still plenty of room in most markets for prices to move even higher, and that's good news for investors in single family homes according to David Hicks, co-president of HomeVestors of America, the nation's largest franchise network of independently owned and operated professional home buyers in the U.S.

Published in partnership between The Landlord Times and Arizona Multihousing Association, Apartment News provides news, trends and insight to Arizona's property managers, apartment owners, multifamily investors, landlords and other real estate professionals. Published monthly, Apartment News is the business journal for the Arizona rental housing industry.

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The Landlord Times Digital is a monthly on-line business journal for landlords, property managers, multifamily investors, apartment owners and other real estate professionals nationwide.

Vol 2 Issue 5

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The summer season is coming and that brings the annual challenges of managing and maintaining air conditioning units, along with resident requests for installing air conditioning units.  There is still time, this is your year to be proactive!

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The Landlord Times and Apartment News sat down with veteran apartment broker and investor, Joseph Chaplik to discuss Arizona, Oregon and the state of the apartment investment market.

THE LANDLORD TIMES: Give us a brief history of your career. How did you get into the apartment brokerage business?

The sun is out and you’re property is no longer hidden, and, due to your busy schedule during the Fall and Winter months, your rental property may have become a magnet for crime or suspicious activity.  It’s time to ask yourself, “Is my property’s exterior appearance inviting to criminals, deadbeats or other unsavory characters?”  Unfortunately, many landlords surrender a majority of the control of their properties exterior upkeep to tenants.

The Landlord Times is the leading source of news and information for landlords, property managers, apartment owners and other rental housing professionals. Our Utah edition in the official publication of Utah Apartment Association.

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Last year was a good year for apartment sales in the Puget Sound region. In fact, with $2.6 billion of property changing hands, it was the third best year ever. So let's see how active investors are this year by comparing the first four months of 2012 sales activity with the same period this year.That will tell us whether investors are still serious about this market, or just horsing around.

With more than 260,000 rental units in Utah, there are thousands of security deposit disputes each year. In many of these cases, the dispute comes down to a disagreement between the landlord and tenant over damages and cleaning. This problem is best solved with a thorough and detailed inspection process.

Housing cost burdens among working renters rise for third straight year; cost burdens remain steady but challenging for working owners.

Buried under mountains of property management paperwork? Do the projects seem to never end? Imagine how good you would feel if every day you could start with a clean and organized desk? Well dream no further! By following the three powerful tips listed below, your dreams will become reality!

Setting up your system:

Qualifying prospective renters can seem especially challenging when you must establish their eligibility to rent based upon income. While it is necessary to determine if callers and visitors can qualify to rent at your community, coming right out and asking someone for their annual income can be perceived as an invasion of privacy. (Would you like a total stranger to ask: “How much money do YOU make?”) Recently the following question on this subject came up:

Dear Maintenance Men:
My tenant has a toilet that has little cracks in various places. It has small cracks, but no leakage. I looked online and they said you could epoxy it or replace it...but you must do something. How can you tell what will work? What would be the best thing? Also, do toilets just crack over time? (“I read your column every time! That and the Legal Corner one.”)
Kristina

Dear Kristina:

Not long ago, it was common to smell cigarette smoke in Washington workplaces and restaurants. But with mounting evidence that secondhand smoke causes disease and death, and the passage of Washington’s smoke-free indoor air law, people have come to expect clean air where they work and live.