Las Vegas Property Management Blog, the G-Gram

When you are selecting the tenants that will live in your property, you want to make sure you are making a choice that is good for the long term. Tenant Screening is vitally important in order to protect yourself and your property. There are three particular things to keep in mind. Criminal background checks. Make sure your tenants...

Anyone who owns property and rents it out knows that avoiding risks is extremely important. A good property manager will evaluate the potential risks in any home that he manages because he can be held just as liable for any harm as the property owner. One of the biggest liabilities you have is tenant safety. You must go through the ho...

Las Vegas property owners must understand the proper way of handling a tenant's security deposit. Nevada law requires that a tenant's security deposit be held separate from an owner's operating funds. The legislature actually passed a law that says a real estate property manager has to have two separate accounts. This is important to kn...

Many property owners who rent out their investment properties wonder if buying a home warranty is worth the money. Like any policy you would buy, or a car you might purchase, the devil is in the details. You have to figure out if it is worth it. Your home warranty might save you money, but it could also end up costing you more mon...

When you decide to remodel your Las Vegas rental property, decisions will have to be made on how to remodel to optimize its rental value. You want to do things that will keep the remodeling simple and lasting. Here are four tips that will help you achieve what you are looking for when you remodel a rental property: Consider install...

Setting a pet policy is important for anyone with a Las Vegas rental property, because you need to establish what you will allow and not allow when it comes to having pets inside your house. As you consider what kind of pet policy you want to establish, it is important to understand that over 55 percent of the population has a pet. Many...

Screening tenants for your investment property can be time consuming and challenging, and the best advice you should consider is to hire a property manager who can screen applicants for you, even if you plan to manage the property yourself. When you do this, the property manager can make a decision based upon facts about the prospective...

As you think about what property managers do and how to find a good one, it is important to remember that you need to find a property manager that is right for you and the property you own. A property manager does much more than simply collecting rent checks. In addition to ensuring that your tenants are paying rent, and marketing your ...

At Blackbird Realty and Management, we often get calls from tenants and landlords who want to know how they can do a rent to own transaction on a property. Most people assume this is a possibility in Las Vegas. However, Nevada does not have a particular rent to own statute. The lack of a rent to own law is due to the way that the deed t...

In order to set the right price for your Las Vegas, Nevada rental, you are going to need to know the market. As much as you and I would like to determine our own rental prices, it is going to be based upon the market, or what other properties are renting for in your local area. The market will set the price, and not what you think the h...