Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

Property owners with many properties but little time to manage them will often hire a company to take on that workload. Maybe you're an owner with assets in California, but live in New York (or even ...

Property managers handle daily operations like rent collection and maintenance, especially important for busy owners. Fees for property management typically range from 8-10% of rent for long-term ...

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Hiring a property manager isn't cheap, but that doesn't mean it is expensive, either. A good property manager can add value in many different ways. The short answer: It depends. When you buy your ...

Managing properties is at the heart of any real estate business. If you own a few investment properties, you probably know what it’s like to be a landlord. And it’s not always fun. At some point, ...

For many real estate investors, buying a property is just the beginning. The real challenge, and the real opportunity, lies in managing that property effectively. Whether you own a single rental home ...

A property manager is an individual or company hired to handle the daily operations, administration and maintenance of rental properties for an owner. Property managers are the owner’s on-site eyes ...

At the end of 2022, nearly 75 percent of 100 major industrial occupiers surveyed by CBRE cited occupancy cost as the top consideration when selecting an industrial site. While these occupiers continue ...

Forget the needle in the haystack — a good property management company is hard to find, condo owners say. Delayed repairs, perpetually missed appointments, higher-than-expected fees, even limited ...