When you are preparing your home for the rental market, your goal is to attract the best tenants and maximize your rental income. Here are our top tips for prepping your home for the rental market!Make Your Rental Property Attractive and AppealingWe strongly recommend that you spruce up your home before putting it on the market. Neutraliz...

Prospective landlords are always eager to know how long it will take to find them a good tenant that won’t trash their home and will pay their rent. There are a few things that need to be addressed and considered when putting your home on the market for rent. You have to look at market conditions and what’s happening i...

Prospective owners are always eager to know how long it will take to find them a good resident. We have to look at market conditions and what’s happening in your community to judge how long it will take to rent out your property. However, there are three things under your control that can affect your days on the market.Pay Att...

Are you thinking about renting out your home and becoming a landlord in the Baltimore market? If so, I have 12 tips to share with you to help you prepare. Although there are similarities between selling your home and renting it out, the differences are significant as you'll find out below. Most of our landlord clients are 1st ti...

When you prepare your home for rent, there are certain repairs that as a owner, you will definitely want to make to your home yourself before your resident's lease starts.By doing these easy repairs yourself, you will save yourself a lot of time, money and stress. Once the lease starts, we are obligated to use only licensed and insure...

As the weather turns to Winter here in the Baltimore Metro Area, we at Chesapeake Property Management take great care to make sure that our rental properties are protected as much as possible. >> See 9 Risks a Good Property Manager Takes Over On Your Behalf If you are self managing your rental or investment property or if you ...

I wanted to add clarification to our prior post titled 12 Tips for 1st Time Landlords In The Baltimore Market, and more specifically to #8 about how your home needs to show. Many homeowners, after reviewing our Sell Or Rent It Out Kit, decide that they want to rent out their home.  For whatever reason, financial, emotional, etc...

If you're a first-time landlord and wondering when is the best time to put your home on the rental market in the Baltimore Metro Area, you'll find this article valuable.   After 17+ years in the property management business, we definitely see some patterns in terms of rental home supply and demand that we would like to share ...

Do you know how to prepare your home for the rental market? Many landlords, after they have decided that renting out their home is the right path for them, ask us "What do I need to do to prepare my home for the rental market"? These landlords mistakenly assume that there is not much that they need to do and that renters will rent a...