Your decision to rent out your home was probably a tough one to make. Maybe you are a homeowner who has had trouble selling, and you decided it might be better to rent your property. Or, perhaps you are in the military and you’re getting ready to redeploy. You might even be a real estate investor who has done this before. Whatever your story, having a well-qualified property manager helping you out is invaluable.
Being a landlord takes work, time and money. You have to treat it like any other full time job. Here are some of the things you need to be prepared for:
Decide whether doing all of this yourself is worth your time, money and other resources. If you cannot devote the amount of time you need, it might be a good idea to let professionals help you.
Getting your property rented at the highest market value in the shortest amount of time is our number one goal. We try to limit the amount of vacancy to your home while providing you the highest amount of income the market dictates. We take several marketing pictures of your property and syndicate your listing the most popular home rental sites on the internet. These sites include but are not limited to:
In addition to the top independent real estate websites, your home will be eligible to show up on other real estate firm’s websites.
Marketing your home is the first step to finding a well qualified tenant rent your home. We put a lot of emphasis in marketing your property. The marketing of your home is included in our tenant placement fee.
The tenant screening process is the most important part of renting your property. Finding any old tenant is easy; however, what sets us apart is that we have very strict and high standards for placing only the best tenants in our managed properties. This is why our company has an industry leading eviction rate of less than 1% all time! In addition to having such a low eviction rate, we also have one of the best security deposit return rates in the industry. Not only do your tenants pay rent on time, but they also do very minimal/if any damage at all to your home while they rent it.
To ensure we have the best tenant possible rent your home, we utilize our proven “Perfect10ant” verification system. The “Perfect10ant” includes:
Southwest (SW or S.W.) is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street. It is the smallest quadrant of the city. Southwest is small enough that it is frequently referred to as a neighborhood in and of itself. However, it actually contains five separate neighborhoods.
